Garat, Charente

Garat (French pronunciation: [ɡaʁa]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Garat
Commune
Town hall
Location of Garat
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Coordinates: 45°37′36″N 0°15′50″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Boëme-Échelle
Intercommunality	Grand Angoulême
Government
• Mayor (2024–2026)	Laurent Dugue[1]
Area 1	19.44 km2 (7.51 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,111
• Density	108.6/km2 (281.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16146 /16410
Elevation	52–169 m (171–554 ft) (avg. 65 m or 213 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 846 —     1800 842 −0.07% 1806 777 −1.33% 1821 845 +0.56% 1831 850 +0.06% 1841 925 +0.85% 1846 933 +0.17% 1851 946 +0.28% 1856 912 −0.73% 1861 965 +1.14% 1866 910 −1.17% 1872 859 −0.96% 1876 847 −0.35% 1881 917 +1.60% 1886 895 −0.48% 1891 938 +0.94% 1896 805 −3.01% 1901 720 −2.21%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 765 +1.22% 1911 740 −0.66% 1921 664 −1.08% 1926 655 −0.27% 1931 652 −0.09% 1936 655 +0.09% 1946 644 −0.17% 1954 629 −0.29% 1962 630 +0.02% 1968 684 +1.38% 1975 918 +4.29% 1982 1,255 +4.57% 1990 1,484 +2.12% 1999 1,482 −0.01% 2007 1,764 +2.20% 2012 1,937 +1.89% 2017 2,055 +1.19%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Charente department