La Péruse
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| local community | Terres-de-Haute-Charente | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | Confolens | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 53 ' N , 0 ° 37' E | |
| Post Code | 16490 | |
| Former INSEE code | 16259 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Former town hall (Mairie) of La Péruse |
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La Péruse is a village and a former French community with 511 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ). It belonged to the Arrondissement of Confolens and the canton of Charente-Vienne (until 2015 Chabanais ). The inhabitants are called Pérusots .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former communes of Roumazières-Loubert , Genouillac , Mazières , La Péruse and Suris were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Terres-de-Haute-Charente and have the status of a commune déléguée in the new commune . The administrative headquarters are located in Roumazières-Loubert.
geography
La Péruse is located about 50 kilometers northeast of Angoulême on the Charente and is surrounded by the neighboring towns of Manot in the north, Exideuil-sur-Vienne in the east, Suris in the south and Roumazières-Loubert in the west.
The National Route 141 runs through the municipality
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1856 | 1901 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 530 | 660 | 548 | 515 | 465 | 462 | 562 | 501 | 514 | 466 | 504 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church from the 13th century, monument historique since 1980
