Vars, Charente

Vars
Town hall
Coat of arms
Vars
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Vars
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Saint-Amant-de-Boixe
Intercommunality	Boixe
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Marc de Lustrac
Area1	27.46 km2 (10.60 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,937
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16393 / 16330
Elevation	35–153 m (115–502 ft) (avg. 42 m or 138 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,689	—
1800	1,858	+10.0%
1806	1,796	−3.3%
1821	1,978	+10.1%
1831	1,987	+0.5%
1841	2,035	+2.4%
1846	1,941	−4.6%
1851	2,076	+7.0%
1856	1,869	−10.0%
1861	1,903	+1.8%
1866	2,011	+5.7%
1872	1,948	−3.1%
1876	1,948	+0.0%
1881	1,934	−0.7%
1886	1,713	−11.4%
1891	1,561	−8.9%
1896	1,551	−0.6%
1901	1,570	+1.2%
1906	1,557	−0.8%
1911	1,408	−9.6%
1921	1,157	−17.8%
1926	1,225	+5.9%
1931	1,166	−4.8%
1936	1,202	+3.1%
1946	1,178	−2.0%
1954	1,092	−7.3%
1962	1,089	−0.3%
1968	1,306	+19.9%
1975	1,340	+2.6%
1982	1,551	+15.7%
1990	1,511	−2.6%
1999	1,569	+3.8%
2008	1,937	+23.5%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE