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	Horte et Lavalette
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Lagarde
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 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%
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