Ligné, Charente

Ligné
Medieval cemetery
Ligné
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Ligné
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Aigre
Intercommunality	Pays d'Aigre
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Paul Martin
Area1	7.97 km2 (3.08 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	170
• Density	21/km2 (55/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16185 / 16140
Elevation	52–119 m (171–390 ft) (avg. 86 m or 282 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	693	—
1800	614	−11.4%
1806	627	+2.1%
1821	614	−2.1%
1831	621	+1.1%
1841	597	−3.9%
1846	593	−0.7%
1851	550	−7.3%
1856	544	−1.1%
1861	545	+0.2%
1866	526	−3.5%
1872	518	−1.5%
1876	522	+0.8%
1881	435	−16.7%
1886	449	+3.2%
1891	431	−4.0%
1896	380	−11.8%
1901	343	−9.7%
1906	346	+0.9%
1911	339	−2.0%
1921	284	−16.2%
1926	263	−7.4%
1931	262	−0.4%
1936	265	+1.1%
1946	250	−5.7%
1954	260	+4.0%
1962	250	−3.8%
1968	226	−9.6%
1975	219	−3.1%
1982	216	−1.4%
1990	194	−10.2%
1999	158	−18.6%
2008	170	+7.6%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE