La Faye

La Faye
Commune
The church in La Faye
Location of La Faye
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Coordinates: 46°01′16″N0°08′51″E / 46.0211°N 0.1475°E / 46.0211; 0.1475
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Nord
Intercommunality	Val de Charente
Government
• Mayor (2025–2026)	Jean-Claude Thomas [1]
Area 1	13.44 km2 (5.19 sq mi)
Population  (2022) [2]	595
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16136 /16700
Elevation	104–149 m (341–489 ft) (avg. 134 m or 440 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Faye is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	490	—
1975	547	+1.58%
1982	519	−0.75%
1990	539	+0.47%
1999	568	+0.58%
2009	615	+0.80%
2014	639	+0.77%
2020	572	−1.83%
Source: INSEE [3]

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 12 March 2025.
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