Roussines, Charente

Roussines
Roussines
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Roussines
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Montembœuf
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Roland Boiraud
Area1	16.08 km2 (6.21 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	310
• Density	19/km2 (50/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16289 / 16310
Elevation	147–281 m (482–922 ft) (avg. 236 m or 774 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,050	—
1800	969	−7.7%
1806	911	−6.0%
1821	953	+4.6%
1831	1,164	+22.1%
1841	1,201	+3.2%
1846	1,126	−6.2%
1851	1,160	+3.0%
1856	1,233	+6.3%
1861	1,069	−13.3%
1866	1,102	+3.1%
1872	1,103	+0.1%
1876	1,127	+2.2%
1881	1,167	+3.5%
1886	1,138	−2.5%
1891	1,139	+0.1%
1896	1,126	−1.1%
1901	1,065	−5.4%
1906	1,054	−1.0%
1911	1,036	−1.7%
1921	939	−9.4%
1926	898	−4.4%
1931	772	−14.0%
1936	708	−8.3%
1946	712	+0.6%
1954	624	−12.4%
1962	577	−7.5%
1968	504	−12.7%
1975	442	−12.3%
1982	396	−10.4%
1990	374	−5.6%
1999	300	−19.8%
2008	310	+3.3%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE