Hiersac
| Hiersac | |
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Town hall | |
  Hiersac | |
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Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Hiersac | |
| Coordinates: 45°40′10″N 0°00′20″E / 45.6694°N 0.0056°ECoordinates: 45°40′10″N 0°00′20″E / 45.6694°N 0.0056°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Charente |
| Arrondissement | Angoulême |
| Canton | Hiersac |
| Intercommunality | Région de Châteauneuf |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Patricia Duclos |
| Area1 | 7.36 km2 (2.84 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 1,082 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 16163 / 16290 |
| Elevation |
43–121 m (141–397 ft) (avg. 63 m or 207 ft) |
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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. | |
Hiersac is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 630 | — |
| 1800 | 593 | −5.9% |
| 1806 | 575 | −3.0% |
| 1821 | 622 | +8.2% |
| 1831 | 621 | −0.2% |
| 1841 | 637 | +2.6% |
| 1846 | 673 | +5.7% |
| 1851 | 770 | +14.4% |
| 1856 | 772 | +0.3% |
| 1861 | 835 | +8.2% |
| 1866 | 865 | +3.6% |
| 1872 | 833 | −3.7% |
| 1876 | 824 | −1.1% |
| 1881 | 780 | −5.3% |
| 1886 | 677 | −13.2% |
| 1891 | 696 | +2.8% |
| 1896 | 669 | −3.9% |
| 1901 | 596 | −10.9% |
| 1906 | 640 | +7.4% |
| 1911 | 601 | −6.1% |
| 1921 | 555 | −7.7% |
| 1926 | 537 | −3.2% |
| 1931 | 537 | +0.0% |
| 1936 | 528 | −1.7% |
| 1946 | 626 | +18.6% |
| 1954 | 619 | −1.1% |
| 1962 | 686 | +10.8% |
| 1968 | 692 | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 798 | +15.3% |
| 1982 | 850 | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 966 | +13.6% |
| 1999 | 1,006 | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 1,082 | +7.6% |
Personalities
- Jean-André Valletaux, French general in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Peninsular War
See also
References
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