Vars, Charente

Vars
Part of La Boixe
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Vars
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Coordinates: 45°45′47″N 0°07′29″E / 45.7631°N 0.1247°E / 45.7631; 0.1247
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Boixe-et-Manslois
Commune	La Boixe
Area ^1	27.46 km^2 (10.60 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	2,163
• Density	78.77/km^2 (204.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	16330
Elevation	35–153 m (115–502 ft) (avg. 42 m or 138 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vars (French pronunciation: [vaʁs]) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It was merged with Montignac-Charente to form La Boixe on 1 January 2025.^[2]

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,689 —     1800 1,858 +1.37% 1806 1,796 −0.56% 1821 1,978 +0.65% 1831 1,987 +0.05% 1841 2,035 +0.24% 1846 1,941 −0.94% 1851 2,076 +1.35% 1856 1,869 −2.08% 1861 1,903 +0.36% 1866 2,011 +1.11% 1872 1,948 −0.53% 1876 1,948 +0.00% 1881 1,934 −0.14% 1886 1,713 −2.40% 1891 1,561 −1.84% 1896 1,551 −0.13% 1901 1,570 +0.24%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 1,557 −0.17% 1911 1,408 −1.99% 1921 1,157 −1.94% 1926 1,225 +1.15% 1931 1,166 −0.98% 1936 1,202 +0.61% 1946 1,178 −0.20% 1954 1,092 −0.94% 1962 1,089 −0.03% 1968 1,306 +3.07% 1975 1,340 +0.37% 1982 1,551 +2.11% 1990 1,511 −0.33% 1999 1,567 +0.41% 2007 1,892 +2.38% 2012 1,985 +0.96% 2017 2,081 +0.95%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
2. Arrêté du 6 novembre 2024 portant création de la commune nouvelle de La Boixe, Légifrance, retrieved 9 January 2025
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Vars, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE