Bessé

Bessé
Town hall
Bessé
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Bessé
Coordinates: 45°57′22″N 0°04′28″E / 45.9561°N 0.0744°ECoordinates: 45°57′22″N 0°04′28″E / 45.9561°N 0.0744°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Aigre
Intercommunality	Pays d'Aigre
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Noël Lizot
Area^1	7.67 km^2 (2.96 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	149
• Density	19/km^2 (50/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16042 / 16140
Elevation	84–131 m (276–430 ft) (avg. 111 m or 364 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	250	—
1800	382	+52.8%
1806	386	+1.0%
1821	418	+8.3%
1831	420	+0.5%
1841	403	−4.0%
1846	413	+2.5%
1851	414	+0.2%
1856	413	−0.2%
1861	440	+6.5%
1866	405	−8.0%
1872	410	+1.2%
1876	429	+4.6%
1881	377	−12.1%
1886	380	+0.8%
1891	344	−9.5%
1896	334	−2.9%
1901	334	+0.0%
1906	325	−2.7%
1911	330	+1.5%
1921	277	−16.1%
1926	263	−5.1%
1931	261	−0.8%
1936	265	+1.5%
1946	237	−10.6%
1954	222	−6.3%
1962	216	−2.7%
1968	169	−21.8%
1975	137	−18.9%
1982	116	−15.3%
1990	132	+13.8%
1999	152	+15.2%
2008	149	−2.0%

The inhabitants of Bessé-sur-Braye are called Besséens.

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE