Bassac, Charente

Bassac is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Bassac
Commune
Town hall
Location of Bassac
Bassac Bassac
Coordinates: 45°39′51″N 0°06′20″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Jarnac
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Nicole Roy
Area ^1	7.62 km^2 (2.94 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	524
• Density	69/km^2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16032 /16120
Elevation	12–38 m (39–125 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 819 —     1800 862 +5.3% 1806 835 −3.1% 1821 863 +3.4% 1831 806 −6.6% 1841 793 −1.6% 1846 815 +2.8% 1851 808 −0.9% 1856 747 −7.5% 1861 774 +3.6% 1866 760 −1.8% 1872 738 −2.9% 1876 714 −3.3% 1881 690 −3.4% 1886 735 +6.5% 1891 669 −9.0% 1896 720 +7.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 705 −2.1% 1906 661 −6.2% 1911 649 −1.8% 1921 536 −17.4% 1926 512 −4.5% 1931 508 −0.8% 1936 493 −3.0% 1946 471 −4.5% 1954 489 +3.8% 1962 504 +3.1% 1968 509 +1.0% 1975 513 +0.8% 1982 478 −6.8% 1990 464 −2.9% 1999 461 −0.6% 2008 545 +18.2%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.