Salles-Lavalette

Salles-Lavalette
Town hall
Salles-Lavalette
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Salles-Lavalette
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Montmoreau-Saint-Cybard
Intercommunality	Montmorélien
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Éric Gendron
Area1	20.15 km2 (7.78 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	348
• Density	17/km2 (45/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16362 / 16190
Elevation	65–191 m (213–627 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Salles-Lavalette is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Geography

The Lizonne forms the commune's eastern border.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,114	—
1800	1,051	−5.7%
1806	1,223	+16.4%
1821	1,155	−5.6%
1831	1,215	+5.2%
1841	1,175	−3.3%
1846	1,164	−0.9%
1851	1,151	−1.1%
1856	1,169	+1.6%
1861	1,126	−3.7%
1866	1,116	−0.9%
1872	1,076	−3.6%
1876	1,048	−2.6%
1881	1,007	−3.9%
1886	973	−3.4%
1891	895	−8.0%
1896	863	−3.6%
1901	836	−3.1%
1906	879	+5.1%
1911	900	+2.4%
1921	714	−20.7%
1926	765	+7.1%
1931	780	+2.0%
1936	761	−2.4%
1946	678	−10.9%
1954	591	−12.8%
1962	539	−8.8%
1968	503	−6.7%
1975	385	−23.5%
1982	362	−6.0%
1990	365	+0.8%
1999	360	−1.4%
2008	348	−3.3%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE