Pérignac, Charente

Pérignac
Pérignac
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Pérignac
Coordinates: 45°27′55″N 0°04′42″E / 45.4653°N 0.0783°ECoordinates: 45°27′55″N 0°04′42″E / 45.4653°N 0.0783°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Blanzac-Porcheresse
Intercommunality	Blanzacais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Christian Matrat
Area^1	25.52 km^2 (9.85 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	530
• Density	21/km^2 (54/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16258 / 16250
Elevation	77–189 m (253–620 ft) (avg. 182 m or 597 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,100	—
1800	889	−19.2%
1806	1,833	+106.2%
1821	1,011	−44.8%
1831	1,013	+0.2%
1841	1,044	+3.1%
1846	1,005	−3.7%
1851	1,002	−0.3%
1856	961	−4.1%
1861	1,004	+4.5%
1866	949	−5.5%
1872	874	−7.9%
1876	887	+1.5%
1881	845	−4.7%
1886	812	−3.9%
1891	715	−11.9%
1896	782	+9.4%
1901	718	−8.2%
1906	700	−2.5%
1911	800	+14.3%
1921	640	−20.0%
1926	647	+1.1%
1931	638	−1.4%
1936	628	−1.6%
1946	582	−7.3%
1954	545	−6.4%
1962	528	−3.1%
1968	501	−5.1%
1975	467	−6.8%
1982	430	−7.9%
1990	475	+10.5%
1999	485	+2.1%
2008	530	+9.3%

The residents are called Pérignacais.

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Aerial view of Pérignac