Gurat

Gurat
Commune
Church and village car-park
Location of Gurat
Gurat Gurat
Coordinates: 45°25′49″N 0°16′13″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Tude-et-Lavalette
Intercommunality	Lavalette Tude Dronne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bénédicte Goreau
Area 1	16.03 km2 (6.19 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	183
• Density	11/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16162 /16320
Elevation	72–197 m (236–646 ft) (avg. 87 m or 285 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gurat (French pronunciation: [ɡyʁa]; Template:Lang-oc) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Geography

The Lizonne forms the commune's southeastern border.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 588 —     1800 603 +2.6% 1806 573 −5.0% 1821 666 +16.2% 1831 705 +5.9% 1841 688 −2.4% 1846 659 −4.2% 1851 660 +0.2% 1856 650 −1.5% 1861 637 −2.0% 1866 602 −5.5% 1872 575 −4.5% 1876 567 −1.4% 1881 553 −2.5% 1886 511 −7.6% 1891 506 −1.0% 1896 514 +1.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 502 −2.3% 1906 510 +1.6% 1911 505 −1.0% 1921 506 +0.2% 1926 505 −0.2% 1931 504 −0.2% 1936 436 −13.5% 1946 345 −20.9% 1954 322 −6.7% 1962 324 +0.6% 1968 261 −19.4% 1975 216 −17.2% 1982 234 +8.3% 1990 210 −10.3% 1999 184 −12.4% 2008 188 +2.2%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department