Mazières

Mazières (French pronunciation: [mazjɛʁ]) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Terres-de-Haute-Charente.

Mazières
Part of Terres-de-Haute-Charente
Location of Mazières
Mazières Mazières
Coordinates: 45°50′13″N 0°34′17″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Bonnieure
Commune	Terres-de-Haute-Charente
Area 1	5.87 km2 (2.27 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	104
• Density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	16270
Elevation	145–236 m (476–774 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 314 —     1800 314 +0.0% 1806 378 +20.4% 1821 301 −20.4% 1831 358 +18.9% 1841 345 −3.6% 1846 335 −2.9% 1851 322 −3.9% 1856 293 −9.0% 1861 316 +7.8% 1866 302 −4.4% 1872 300 −0.7% 1876 300 +0.0% 1881 301 +0.3% 1886 302 +0.3% 1891 319 +5.6% 1896 297 −6.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 282 −5.1% 1906 279 −1.1% 1911 295 +5.7% 1921 255 −13.6% 1926 232 −9.0% 1931 221 −4.7% 1936 214 −3.2% 1946 180 −15.9% 1954 183 +1.7% 1962 190 +3.8% 1968 179 −5.8% 1975 140 −21.8% 1982 126 −10.0% 1990 88 −30.2% 1999 93 +5.7% 2008 101 +8.6%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department