Vars, Charente

Vars
Part of La Boixe
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Vars
Vars Vars
Coordinates: 45°45′47″N 0°07′29″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Boixe-et-Manslois
Commune	La Boixe
Area 1	27.46 km2 (10.60 sq mi)
Population  (2022)	2,163
• Density	78.77/km2 (204.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	16330
Elevation	35–153 m (115–502 ft) (avg. 42 m or 138 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% 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%

Year	Pop.	±% 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)

See also

• Communes of the Charente department