La Péruse

La Péruse (French pronunciation: [la peʁyz]; Occitan: La Peirusa) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Terres-de-Haute-Charente.

La Péruse
Part of Terres-de-Haute-Charente
Town hall
Location of La Péruse
La Péruse La Péruse
Coordinates: 45°52′42″N 0°37′06″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Vienne
Commune	Terres-de-Haute-Charente
Area 1	8.52 km2 (3.29 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	481
• Density	56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	16270
Elevation	158–251 m (518–823 ft) (avg. 254 m or 833 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 530 —     1800 501 −5.5% 1806 488 −2.6% 1821 554 +13.5% 1831 540 −2.5% 1841 601 +11.3% 1846 645 +7.3% 1851 673 +4.3% 1856 660 −1.9% 1861 611 −7.4% 1866 578 −5.4% 1872 557 −3.6% 1876 591 +6.1% 1881 624 +5.6% 1886 618 −1.0% 1891 605 −2.1% 1896 553 −8.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 548 −0.9% 1906 604 +10.2% 1911 643 +6.5% 1921 461 −28.3% 1926 466 +1.1% 1931 435 −6.7% 1936 436 +0.2% 1946 441 +1.1% 1954 427 −3.2% 1962 515 +20.6% 1968 465 −9.7% 1975 462 −0.6% 1982 562 +21.6% 1990 501 −10.9% 1999 514 +2.6% 2008 496 −3.5%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department