La Forêt-de-Tessé

La Forêt-de-Tessé
Commune
Town hall
Location of La Forêt-de-Tessé
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Coordinates: 46°04′52″N 0°05′06″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Nord
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Le Henanff[1]
Area ^1	10.70 km^2 (4.13 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	209
• Density	20/km^2 (51/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16142 /16240
Elevation	120–158 m (394–518 ft) (avg. 143 m or 469 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Forêt-de-Tessé (French pronunciation: [la fɔʁɛ də tɛse]) commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	284	—
1975	249	−1.86%
1982	222	−1.63%
1990	212	−0.57%
1999	195	−0.92%
2009	208	+0.65%
2014	198	−0.98%
2020	205	+0.58%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE