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Garat
Commune
Town hall
Location of Garat
Garat Garat
Coordinates: 45°37′36″N 0°15′50″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Boëme-Échelle
Intercommunality	Grand Angoulême
Government
• Mayor (2024–2026)	Laurent Dugue
Area 1	19.44 km2 (7.51 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	2,105
• Density	108.3/km2 (280.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16146 /16410
Elevation	52–169 m (171–554 ft) (avg. 65 m or 213 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Garat (French pronunciation: [ɡaʁa]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	846	—
1800	842	−0.07%
1806	777	−1.33%
1821	845	+0.56%
1831	850	+0.06%
1841	925	+0.85%
1846	933	+0.17%
1851	946	+0.28%
1856	912	−0.73%
1861	965	+1.14%
1866	910	−1.17%
1872	859	−0.96%
1876	847	−0.35%
1881	917	+1.60%
1886	895	−0.48%
1891	938	+0.94%
1896	805	−3.01%
1901	720	−2.21%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	765	+1.22%
1911	740	−0.66%
1921	664	−1.08%
1926	655	−0.27%
1931	652	−0.09%
1936	655	+0.09%
1946	644	−0.17%
1954	629	−0.29%
1962	630	+0.02%
1968	684	+1.38%
1975	918	+4.29%
1982	1,255	+4.57%
1990	1,484	+2.12%
1999	1,482	−0.01%
2007	1,764	+2.20%
2012	1,937	+1.89%
2017	2,055	+1.19%
2023	2,105	+0.40%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

See also

• Communes of the Charente department