Villejésus

Part of Aigre in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

45°53′46″N 0°01′49″E / 45.8961°N 0.0303°E / 45.8961; 0.0303CountryFranceRegionNouvelle-AquitaineDepartmentCharenteArrondissementConfolensCantonCharente-NordCommuneAigre Area17.23 km² (6.65 sq mi)Population496 • Density29/km² (75/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codeElevation60–151 m (197–495 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villejésus (French pronunciation: [vilʒəzy]) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Aigre.^[2]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,012 —     1800 1,101 +8.8% 1806 1,156 +5.0% 1821 1,268 +9.7% 1831 1,289 +1.7% 1841 1,292 +0.2% 1846 1,256 −2.8% 1851 1,243 −1.0% 1856 1,160 −6.7% 1861 1,183 +2.0% 1866 1,113 −5.9% 1872 1,134 +1.9% 1876 1,089 −4.0% 1881 975 −10.5% 1886 848 −13.0% 1891 865 +2.0% 1896 770 −11.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 769 −0.1% 1906 764 −0.7% 1911 783 +2.5% 1921 697 −11.0% 1926 722 +3.6% 1931 625 −13.4% 1936 592 −5.3% 1946 548 −7.4% 1954 585 +6.8% 1962 542 −7.4% 1968 531 −2.0% 1975 511 −3.8% 1982 491 −3.9% 1990 550 +12.0% 1999 544 −1.1% 2008 555 +2.0%

• Communes of the Charente department