La Couronne, Charente

La Couronne (French pronunciation: [la kuʁɔn]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

La Couronne
Commune
Ruins of the abbey
Ruins of the abbey
Coat of arms of La Couronne
Coat of arms
Location of La Couronne
La Couronne is located in France
La Couronne
La Couronne
La Couronne is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
La Couronne
La Couronne
Coordinates: 45°36′30″N 0°06′03″E
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente
ArrondissementAngoulême
CantonLa Couronne
IntercommunalityGrand Angoulême
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-François Dauré[1]
Area
1
28.82 km2 (11.13 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
7,742
 • Density270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
16113 /16400
Elevation31–137 m (102–449 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The commune lies to the southwest of Angoulême. Jean-Edmond Laroche-Joubert (1820–1884) was born in La Couronne. He established two modern paper manufacturing plants in La Couronne, L’Escalier and Girac, where he installed second-generation machines almost 12 metres (39 ft) long making sheets of paper 1.25 to 1.5 metres (4 ft 1 in to 4 ft 11 in) wide.[3]

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,050—    
1800 1,407−5.23%
1806 1,264−1.77%
1821 1,801+2.39%
1831 2,007+1.09%
1841 2,355+1.61%
1846 2,311−0.38%
1851 2,340+0.25%
1856 2,550+1.73%
1861 2,700+1.15%
1866 2,882+1.31%
1872 2,617−1.59%
1876 2,876+2.39%
1881 3,301+2.79%
1886 3,271−0.18%
1891 3,490+1.30%
1896 3,457−0.19%
1901 3,700+1.37%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 3,847+0.78%
1911 3,852+0.03%
1921 3,763−0.23%
1926 3,897+0.70%
1931 4,271+1.85%
1936 4,411+0.65%
1946 4,735+0.71%
1954 5,123+0.99%
1962 5,257+0.32%
1968 5,394+0.43%
1975 5,901+1.29%
1982 6,076+0.42%
1990 6,295+0.44%
1999 6,861+0.96%
2007 7,037+0.32%
2012 7,410+1.04%
2017 7,732+0.85%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. Conseil général de la Charente (2009), Dossier pédagogique n°4 : Jean-Edmond Laroche-Joubert (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015, retrieved 23 January 2018
  4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Couronne, EHESS (in French).
  5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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