Tusson

Tusson
Town hall
Coat of arms
Tusson
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Tusson
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Aigre
Intercommunality	Pays d'Aigre
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean Vinzent
Area1	13.97 km2 (5.39 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	293
• Density	21/km2 (54/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16390 / 16140
Elevation	72–148 m (236–486 ft) (avg. 98 m or 322 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.

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

It used to be a centre for the trading of donkeys. Marguerite of Angoulême built an abbey in the village.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,020	—
1800	1,014	−0.6%
1806	1,041	+2.7%
1821	1,059	+1.7%
1831	1,094	+3.3%
1841	1,035	−5.4%
1846	1,084	+4.7%
1851	1,035	−4.5%
1856	965	−6.8%
1861	914	−5.3%
1866	865	−5.4%
1872	832	−3.8%
1876	820	−1.4%
1881	778	−5.1%
1886	712	−8.5%
1891	621	−12.8%
1896	551	−11.3%
1901	558	+1.3%
1906	540	−3.2%
1911	529	−2.0%
1921	529	+0.0%
1926	532	+0.6%
1931	509	−4.3%
1936	518	+1.8%
1946	527	+1.7%
1954	546	+3.6%
1962	494	−9.5%
1968	441	−10.7%
1975	413	−6.3%
1982	389	−5.8%
1990	349	−10.3%
1999	317	−9.2%
2008	293	−7.6%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE