Bessac

Bessac
Bessac
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Bessac
Coordinates: 45°25′51″N 0°01′05″W / 45.4308°N 0.0181°WCoordinates: 45°25′51″N 0°01′05″W / 45.4308°N 0.0181°W
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Blanzac-Porcheresse
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Chevalier
Area^1	10.55 km^2 (4.07 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	126
• Density	12/km^2 (31/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16041 / 16250
Elevation	62–162 m (203–531 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	529	—
1800	523	−1.1%
1806	466	−10.9%
1821	534	+14.6%
1831	441	−17.4%
1841	509	+15.4%
1846	500	−1.8%
1851	523	+4.6%
1856	502	−4.0%
1861	456	−9.2%
1866	391	−14.3%
1872	404	+3.3%
1876	378	−6.4%
1881	362	−4.2%
1886	379	+4.7%
1891	310	−18.2%
1896	313	+1.0%
1901	307	−1.9%
1906	310	+1.0%
1911	316	+1.9%
1921	261	−17.4%
1926	264	+1.1%
1931	260	−1.5%
1936	250	−3.8%
1946	256	+2.4%
1954	236	−7.8%
1962	213	−9.7%
1968	189	−11.3%
1975	152	−19.6%
1982	147	−3.3%
1990	139	−5.4%
1999	131	−5.8%
2008	126	−3.8%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE