Ruelle-sur-Touvre

Ruelle-sur-Touvre
Commune
The town hall in Ruelle-sur-Touvre
Coat of arms
Location of Ruelle-sur-Touvre
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Coordinates: 45°40′43″N 0°13′16″E / 45.6786°N 0.2211°E / 45.6786; 0.2211
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Touvre-et-Braconne
Intercommunality	Grand Angoulême
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Luc Valantin[1]
Area ^1	10.66 km^2 (4.12 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	7,408
• Density	694.9/km^2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16291 /16600
Elevation	32–170 m (105–558 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ruelle-sur-Touvre is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 981 —     1800 1,189 +2.79% 1806 1,075 −1.67% 1821 1,211 +0.80% 1831 1,215 +0.03% 1841 1,508 +2.18% 1846 1,625 +1.51% 1851 1,579 −0.57% 1856 1,429 −1.98% 1861 1,635 +2.73% 1866 1,733 +1.17% 1872 1,831 +0.92% 1876 2,039 +2.73% 1881 2,554 +4.61% 1886 2,797 +1.83% 1891 2,914 +0.82% 1896 3,615 +4.41% 1901 4,030 +2.20%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 4,071 +0.20% 1911 4,187 +0.56% 1921 3,944 −0.60% 1926 3,982 +0.19% 1931 4,264 +1.38% 1936 4,500 +1.08% 1946 4,811 +0.67% 1954 5,366 +1.37% 1962 5,855 +1.10% 1968 6,507 +1.78% 1975 8,152 +3.27% 1982 7,769 −0.69% 1990 7,203 −0.94% 1999 7,220 +0.03% 2007 7,468 +0.42% 2012 7,436 −0.09% 2017 7,201 −0.64%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

International relations

The commune has been twinned with Amstetten, Lower Austria since 1972 and Banbridge in Northern Ireland since 1994.

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2025.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Ruelle-sur-Touvre, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Official site