La Rochette, Charente
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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La Rochette (French pronunciation: [la ʁɔʃɛt] ⓘ) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
La Rochette | |
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The town hall in La Rochette | |
 Location of La Rochette | |
  La Rochette  La Rochette | |
| Coordinates: 45°48′07″N 0°18′53″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 (2023)[2] | 523 |
| • Density | 47.6/km2 (123/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. | |
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] | ||
