Charmant

For the car, see Daihatsu Charmant. For the French high jumper, see Joan Charmant.

Charmant (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁmɑ̃]) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Boisné-la-Tude.

Charmant
Part of Boisné-la-Tude
Location of Charmant
Charmant Charmant
Coordinates: 45°29′50″N 0°11′05″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Tude-et-Lavalette
Commune	Boisné-la-Tude
Area 1	17.15 km2 (6.62 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	340
• Density	20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	16320
Elevation	89–203 m (292–666 ft) (avg. 123 m or 404 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 619 —     1800 593 −4.2% 1806 610 +2.9% 1821 619 +1.5% 1831 676 +9.2% 1841 686 +1.5% 1846 824 +20.1% 1851 635 −22.9% 1856 642 +1.1% 1861 553 −13.9% 1866 619 +11.9% 1872 539 −12.9% 1876 550 +2.0% 1881 539 −2.0% 1886 476 −11.7% 1891 459 −3.6% 1896 485 +5.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 450 −7.2% 1906 433 −3.8% 1911 417 −3.7% 1921 436 +4.6% 1926 427 −2.1% 1931 418 −2.1% 1936 402 −3.8% 1946 428 +6.5% 1954 405 −5.4% 1962 382 −5.7% 1968 307 −19.6% 1975 270 −12.1% 1982 265 −1.9% 1990 323 +21.9% 1999 327 +1.2% 2008 317 −3.1%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department