Le Gua, Charente-Maritime

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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Le Gua

(2020–2026) Patrice Brouhard^[1]Area

36.09 km² (13.93 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,100 • Density58/km² (150/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

17185 /17600

Elevation0–32 m (0–105 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Gua (French pronunciation: [lə ɡa]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,583	—
1800	1,634	+0.45%
1806	1,221	−4.74%
1821	1,543	+1.57%
1831	2,815	+6.20%
1836	2,056	−6.09%
1841	2,074	+0.17%
1846	2,097	+0.22%
1851	2,080	−0.16%
1856	2,064	−0.15%
1861	2,114	+0.48%
1866	2,026	−0.85%
1872	1,881	−1.23%
1876	1,841	−0.54%
1881	1,876	+0.38%
1886	1,891	+0.16%
1891	1,759	−1.44%
1896	1,652	−1.25%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	1,556	−1.19%
1906	1,590	+0.43%
1911	1,545	−0.57%
1921	1,344	−1.38%
1926	1,377	+0.49%
1931	1,339	−0.56%
1936	1,279	−0.91%
1946	1,222	−0.45%
1954	1,381	+1.54%
1962	1,434	+0.47%
1968	1,513	+0.90%
1975	1,395	−1.15%
1982	1,491	+0.96%
1990	1,689	+1.57%
1999	1,856	+1.05%
2007	1,989	+0.87%
2012	2,065	+0.75%
2017	2,097	+0.31%

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

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 Le Gua, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE