Gourville

Gourville (French pronunciation: [ɡuʁvil]) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Rouillac.

Gourville
Part of Rouillac
Town hall
Location of Gourville
Gourville Gourville
Coordinates: 45°49′51″N 0°00′50″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Val de Nouère
Commune	Rouillac
Area 1	12.92 km2 (4.99 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	661
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	16170
Elevation	55–155 m (180–509 ft) (avg. 124 m or 407 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 1,115 —     1800 1,184 +6.2% 1806 1,119 −5.5% 1821 1,158 +3.5% 1831 1,179 +1.8% 1841 1,155 −2.0% 1846 1,112 −3.7% 1851 1,165 +4.8% 1856 1,140 −2.1% 1861 1,179 +3.4% 1866 1,209 +2.5% 1872 1,132 −6.4% 1876 1,083 −4.3% 1881 994 −8.2% 1886 862 −13.3% 1891 771 −10.6% 1896 712 −7.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 671 −5.8% 1906 694 +3.4% 1911 662 −4.6% 1921 638 −3.6% 1926 587 −8.0% 1931 582 −0.9% 1936 540 −7.2% 1946 514 −4.8% 1954 532 +3.5% 1962 516 −3.0% 1968 550 +6.6% 1975 487 −11.5% 1982 534 +9.7% 1990 543 +1.7% 1999 589 +8.5% 2008 653 +10.9%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department