Villegats, Charente

Villegats
Town hall
Villegats
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Villegats
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Ruffec
Intercommunality	Trois Vallées
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marc Vigier
Area1	7.71 km2 (2.98 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	244
• Density	32/km2 (82/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16410 / 16700
Elevation	91–161 m (299–528 ft) (avg. 133 m or 436 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.

Villegats is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	453	—
1800	485	+7.1%
1806	452	−6.8%
1821	513	+13.5%
1831	550	+7.2%
1841	461	−16.2%
1846	524	+13.7%
1851	468	−10.7%
1856	433	−7.5%
1861	388	−10.4%
1866	394	+1.5%
1872	407	+3.3%
1876	382	−6.1%
1881	384	+0.5%
1886	355	−7.6%
1891	354	−0.3%
1896	347	−2.0%
1901	324	−6.6%
1906	315	−2.8%
1911	298	−5.4%
1921	268	−10.1%
1926	252	−6.0%
1931	237	−6.0%
1936	238	+0.4%
1946	250	+5.0%
1954	230	−8.0%
1962	262	+13.9%
1968	234	−10.7%
1975	209	−10.7%
1982	258	+23.4%
1990	245	−5.0%
1999	264	+7.8%
2008	244	−7.6%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE