Mainfonds

Mainfonds (French pronunciation: [mɛ̃fɔ̃]) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Val-des-Vignes.^[2]

Mainfonds
Part of Val-des-Vignes
Town hall
Location of Mainfonds
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Coordinates: 45°31′08″N 0°01′12″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Blanzac-Porcheresse
Commune	Val-des-Vignes
Area 1	9.26 km2 (3.58 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[1]	118
• Density	13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	16250
Elevation	65–154 m (213–505 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 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. ±% 1793 365 —     1800 360 −1.4% 1806 354 −1.7% 1821 362 +2.3% 1831 344 −5.0% 1841 417 +21.2% 1846 386 −7.4% 1851 386 +0.0% 1856 403 +4.4% 1861 388 −3.7% 1866 392 +1.0% 1872 386 −1.5% 1876 338 −12.4% 1881 322 −4.7% 1886 298 −7.5% 1891 293 −1.7% 1896 270 −7.8%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 271 +0.4% 1906 288 +6.3% 1911 335 +16.3% 1921 250 −25.4% 1926 227 −9.2% 1931 251 +10.6% 1936 244 −2.8% 1946 230 −5.7% 1954 211 −8.3% 1962 196 −7.1% 1968 199 +1.5% 1975 179 −10.1% 1982 166 −7.3% 1990 171 +3.0% 1999 142 −17.0% 2008 168 +18.3%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department