Linars

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

Linars
Commune
The church in Linars
Location of Linars
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Coordinates: 45°39′30″N 0°05′08″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Val de Nouère
Intercommunality	Grand Angoulême
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Germaneau[1]
Area 1	5.97 km2 (2.31 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,105
• Density	350/km2 (910/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16187 /16730
Elevation	25–82 m (82–269 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.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 628 —     1800 647 +0.43% 1806 630 −0.44% 1821 566 −0.71% 1831 590 +0.42% 1841 473 −2.19% 1846 500 +1.12% 1851 501 +0.04% 1856 477 −0.98% 1861 469 −0.34% 1866 454 −0.65% 1872 465 +0.40% 1876 448 −0.93% 1881 448 +0.00% 1886 471 +1.01% 1891 480 +0.38% 1896 411 −3.06% 1901 464 +2.46%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 506 +1.75% 1911 506 +0.00% 1921 478 −0.57% 1926 492 +0.58% 1931 506 +0.56% 1936 528 +0.85% 1946 595 +1.20% 1954 582 −0.28% 1962 726 +2.80% 1968 852 +2.70% 1975 1,667 +10.06% 1982 2,208 +4.10% 1990 2,193 −0.09% 1999 2,110 −0.43% 2007 2,068 −0.25% 2012 2,073 +0.05% 2017 2,078 +0.05%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Charente department