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Vars, Charente

Part of La Boixe in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

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Vars (French pronunciation: [vaʁs]) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It was merged with Montignac-Charente to form La Boixe on 1 January 2025.

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,689,     
1800 1,858+1.37%
1806 1,796−0.56%
1821 1,978+0.65%
1831 1,987+0.05%
1841 2,035+0.24%
1846 1,941−0.94%
1851 2,076+1.35%
1856 1,869−2.08%
1861 1,903+0.36%
1866 2,011+1.11%
1872 1,948−0.53%
1876 1,948+0.00%
1881 1,934−0.14%
1886 1,713−2.40%
1891 1,561−1.84%
1896 1,551−0.13%
1901 1,570+0.24%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 1,557−0.17%
1911 1,408−1.99%
1921 1,157−1.94%
1926 1,225+1.15%
1931 1,166−0.98%
1936 1,202+0.61%
1946 1,178−0.20%
1954 1,092−0.94%
1962 1,089−0.03%
1968 1,306+3.07%
1975 1,340+0.37%
1982 1,551+2.11%
1990 1,511−0.33%
1999 1,567+0.41%
2007 1,892+2.38%
2012 1,985+0.96%
2017 2,081+0.95%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)
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