Villejoubert

Villejoubert
Town hall
Villejoubert
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Villejoubert
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Saint-Amant-de-Boixe
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Raymond Sevrit
Area1	7.82 km2 (3.02 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	331
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16412 / 16560
Elevation	73–146 m (240–479 ft) (avg. 125 m or 410 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Villejoubert is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

The Romans called it Durotincum. Before Roman occupation it was the capital of the Lemovices.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	322	—
1800	329	+2.2%
1806	351	+6.7%
1821	366	+4.3%
1831	363	−0.8%
1841	373	+2.8%
1846	360	−3.5%
1851	349	−3.1%
1856	353	+1.1%
1861	342	−3.1%
1866	313	−8.5%
1872	282	−9.9%
1876	279	−1.1%
1881	275	−1.4%
1886	258	−6.2%
1891	226	−12.4%
1896	187	−17.3%
1901	185	−1.1%
1906	182	−1.6%
1911	189	+3.8%
1921	162	−14.3%
1926	167	+3.1%
1931	164	−1.8%
1936	148	−9.8%
1946	164	+10.8%
1954	130	−20.7%
1962	139	+6.9%
1968	127	−8.6%
1975	165	+29.9%
1982	256	+55.2%
1990	279	+9.0%
1999	294	+5.4%
2008	331	+12.6%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE