La Rochette | |
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The town hall in La Rochette | |
Coordinates: 45°48′07″N 0°18′53″E / 45.8019°N 0.3147°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Charente |
Arrondissement | Angoulême |
Canton | Val de Tardoire |
Intercommunality | La Rochefoucauld - Porte du Périgord |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Vincent Ringeade [1] |
Area 1 | 10.99 km2 (4.24 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 530 |
• Density | 48/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
16282 /16110 |
Elevation | 66–115 m (217–377 ft) (avg. 91 m or 299 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
La Rochette (French pronunciation: [la ʁɔʃɛt] ) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
In 2016, an ancient hunter-gatherer that was excavated at La Rochette was found to carry the mtDNA haplogroup M. The Late Pleistocene specimen was dated to 28,000 years ago. [3]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1968 | 401 | — |
1975 | 422 | +0.73% |
1982 | 436 | +0.47% |
1990 | 445 | +0.26% |
1999 | 442 | −0.08% |
2009 | 556 | +2.32% |
2014 | 535 | −0.77% |
2020 | 533 | −0.06% |
Source: INSEE [4] |
La Rochette | |
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The town hall in La Rochette | |
Coordinates: 45°48′07″N 0°18′53″E / 45.8019°N 0.3147°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Charente |
Arrondissement | Angoulême |
Canton | Val de Tardoire |
Intercommunality | La Rochefoucauld - Porte du Périgord |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Vincent Ringeade [1] |
Area 1 | 10.99 km2 (4.24 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 530 |
• Density | 48/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
16282 /16110 |
Elevation | 66–115 m (217–377 ft) (avg. 91 m or 299 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
La Rochette (French pronunciation: [la ʁɔʃɛt] ) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
In 2016, an ancient hunter-gatherer that was excavated at La Rochette was found to carry the mtDNA haplogroup M. The Late Pleistocene specimen was dated to 28,000 years ago. [3]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1968 | 401 | — |
1975 | 422 | +0.73% |
1982 | 436 | +0.47% |
1990 | 445 | +0.26% |
1999 | 442 | −0.08% |
2009 | 556 | +2.32% |
2014 | 535 | −0.77% |
2020 | 533 | −0.06% |
Source: INSEE [4] |