Ruelle-sur-Touvre

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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Ruelle-sur-Touvre

(2020–2026) Jean-Luc Valantin^[1]Area

10.66 km² (4.12 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

7,356 • Density690/km² (1,800/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

16291 /16600

Elevation32–170 m (105–558 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ruelle-sur-Touvre is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	981	—
1800	1,189	+2.79%
1806	1,075	−1.67%
1821	1,211	+0.80%
1831	1,215	+0.03%
1841	1,508	+2.18%
1846	1,625	+1.51%
1851	1,579	−0.57%
1856	1,429	−1.98%
1861	1,635	+2.73%
1866	1,733	+1.17%
1872	1,831	+0.92%
1876	2,039	+2.73%
1881	2,554	+4.61%
1886	2,797	+1.83%
1891	2,914	+0.82%
1896	3,615	+4.41%
1901	4,030	+2.20%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	4,071	+0.20%
1911	4,187	+0.56%
1921	3,944	−0.60%
1926	3,982	+0.19%
1931	4,264	+1.38%
1936	4,500	+1.08%
1946	4,811	+0.67%
1954	5,366	+1.37%
1962	5,855	+1.10%
1968	6,507	+1.78%
1975	8,152	+3.27%
1982	7,769	−0.69%
1990	7,203	−0.94%
1999	7,220	+0.03%
2007	7,468	+0.42%
2012	7,436	−0.09%
2017	7,201	−0.64%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

International relations

The commune has been twinned with Amstetten, Lower Austria since 1972 and Banbridge in Northern Ireland since 1994.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Ruelle-sur-Touvre, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE