Garat, Charente

Garat
Commune
Town hall
Location of Garat
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Coordinates: 45°37′36″N 0°15′50″E / 45.6267°N 0.2639°E / 45.6267; 0.2639
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Boëme-Échelle
Intercommunality	Grand Angoulême
Government
• Mayor (2024–2026)	Laurent Dugue[1]
Area ^1	19.44 km^2 (7.51 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	2,105
• Density	108.3/km^2 (280.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16146 /16410
Elevation	52–169 m (171–554 ft) (avg. 65 m or 213 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Garat (French pronunciation: [ɡaʁa]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 846 —     1800 842 −0.07% 1806 777 −1.33% 1821 845 +0.56% 1831 850 +0.06% 1841 925 +0.85% 1846 933 +0.17% 1851 946 +0.28% 1856 912 −0.73% 1861 965 +1.14% 1866 910 −1.17% 1872 859 −0.96% 1876 847 −0.35% 1881 917 +1.60% 1886 895 −0.48% 1891 938 +0.94% 1896 805 −3.01% 1901 720 −2.21%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 765 +1.22% 1911 740 −0.66% 1921 664 −1.08% 1926 655 −0.27% 1931 652 −0.09% 1936 655 +0.09% 1946 644 −0.17% 1954 629 −0.29% 1962 630 +0.02% 1968 684 +1.38% 1975 918 +4.29% 1982 1,255 +4.57% 1990 1,484 +2.12% 1999 1,482 −0.01% 2007 1,764 +2.20% 2012 1,937 +1.89% 2017 2,055 +1.19%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Garat, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE