La Rochette, Charente
La Rochette  | |
|---|---|
The town hall in La Rochette  | |
Location of La Rochette  | |
![]() La Rochette ![]() La Rochette  | |
| Coordinates: 45°48′07″N 0°18′53″E / 45.8019°N 0.3147°E | |
| Country | France | 
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 
| Department | Charente | 
| Arrondissement | Angoulême | 
| Canton | Val de Tardoire | 
| Intercommunality | La Rochefoucauld - Porte du Périgord | 
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Vincent Ringeade[1] | 
Area 1  | 10.99 km2 (4.24 sq mi) | 
| Population  (2022)[2]  | 525 | 
| • Density | 48/km2 (120/sq mi) | 
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | 
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | 
| INSEE/Postal code | 16282 /16110  | 
| Elevation | 66–115 m (217–377 ft)  (avg. 91 m or 299 ft)  | 
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Rochette (French pronunciation: [la ʁɔʃɛt] ⓘ) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
In 2016, an ancient hunter-gatherer that was excavated at La Rochette was found to carry the mtDNA haplogroup M. The Late Pleistocene specimen was dated to 28,000 years ago.[3]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | 
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 401 | — | 
| 1975 | 422 | +0.73% | 
| 1982 | 436 | +0.47% | 
| 1990 | 445 | +0.26% | 
| 1999 | 442 | −0.08% | 
| 2009 | 556 | +2.32% | 
| 2014 | 535 | −0.77% | 
| 2020 | 533 | −0.06% | 
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
 - ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
 - ^ Cosimo Posth; Gabriel Renaud; Alissa Mittnik; Dorothée G. Drucker; Hélène Rougier; Christophe Cupillard; Frédérique Valentin; Corinne Thevenet; Anja Furtwängler; Christoph Wißing; Michael Francken; Maria Malina; Michael Bolus; Martina Lari; Elena Gigli; Giulia Capecchi; Isabelle Crevecoeur; Cédric Beauval; Damien Flas; Mietje Germonpré; Johannes van der Plicht; Richard Cottiaux; Bernard Gély; Annamaria Ronchitelli; Kurt Wehrberger; Dan Grigorescu; Jiří Svoboda; Patrick Semal; David Caramelli; Hervé Bocherens; Katerina Harvati; Nicholas J. Conard; Wolfgang Haak; Adam Powell (21 March 2016). "Pleistocene Mitochondrial Genomes Suggest a Single Major Dispersal of Non-Africans and a Late Glacial Population Turnover in Europe". Current Biology. 26 (6): 827–833. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.037. hdl:2440/114930. PMID 26853362.
 - ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
 
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