Jauldes
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| Coordinates: 45°47′11″N 0°15′31″E / 45.7864°N 0.2586°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Charente |
| Arrondissement | Angoulême |
| Canton | Touvre-et-Braconne |
| Intercommunality | CA Grand Angoulême |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Sébastien Boivent[1] |
Area 1 | 25.59 km2 (9.88 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 832 |
| • Density | 32.5/km2 (84.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 16168 /16560 |
| Elevation | 82–151 m (269–495 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Jauldes (French pronunciation: [ʒod]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
Jauldes belongs to a communaute d'agglomération, which can be defined as the intercommunal structure centred on the city of Angoulême.[3]
Its inhabitants are the Jauldois and the Jauldoises.[4]
Geography
[edit]Jauldes is located 17 km at the north of Angoulême and 11 km at the north-west of LaRochefoucald, at 10 km of Saint-Amant-de-Boixe and 12 km of Mansle.
Jauldes is 6 km at the east of the RN10. The RD11 goes through the commune; it serves Anais and Chasseneuil too. The D91, which also goes through the town, serves it to the Angoulême airport.[5]
Surrounding hamlets
[edit]There are many hamlets which surrounds the commune: L'Age, Cussac, la Mornière, Margnac, Magnac, Nouailles, la Motte, le Bois, le Petit Cherves, chez Forgeau for example.[5]
Geology and topography
[edit]The ground displays limestone dating from Late Jurassic (Oxfordian age at east, Kimmeridgian at the west). It belongs to the karst de la Rouchefoucauld.
The relief of the commune is "plateau-type", with an average elevation of 120 meters, slightly curved along a north-south axis. The peak of the communal territory reaches 151 meters, near Âge.[5]
Hydrography
[edit]Jauldes is localised inside the Charente drainage basin, within the Bassin Adour Garonne.[6]
Any rivers do not cross the municipality. However, at its south-west, the Ruisseau du Moulin des Rivauds originates near La Mercerie and flows towards Anais.
Water management
[edit]The municipal area is governed by the SAGE "Charente" (French acronym: Schéma d'Aménagement et de Gestion des Eaux). The scope of this document is the Charente basin water management, a superficie of 9300 km². The SAGE was approved 19 November 2019. The Territorial basin public establishment develops and executes the SAGE.[7] The Territorial basin public establishment defines, within the scope, the general objectives for the use and for the protection of ressources like groundwater and surface water.
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 542 | — |
| 1975 | 521 | −0.56% |
| 1982 | 577 | +1.47% |
| 1990 | 606 | +0.61% |
| 1999 | 612 | +0.11% |
| 2009 | 740 | +1.92% |
| 2014 | 777 | +0.98% |
| 2020 | 816 | +0.82% |
| Source: INSEE[8] | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Jauldes". GrandAngoulême (in French). Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ^ "Jauldes, Charente (code postal 16..." www.linternaute.com. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ^ a b c "Géoportail". www.geoportail.gouv.fr. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ "SIEAG - Portail des Données sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour-Garonne". adour-garonne.eaufrance.fr. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ^ "Charente | Gest'eau". www.gesteau.fr. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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