Vesc

Vesc
Coat of arms
Vesc
Location within Rhône-Alpes region  Vesc
Coordinates: 44°31′19″N 5°09′04″E / 44.522°N 5.151°ECoordinates: 44°31′19″N 5°09′04″E / 44.522°N 5.151°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Nyons
Canton	Dieulefit
Intercommunality	Pays de Dieulefit
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Faure
Area^1	40.48 km^2 (15.63 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	280
• Density	6.9/km^2 (18/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	26373 / 26220
Elevation	477–1,448 m (1,565–4,751 ft) (avg. 655 m or 2,149 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.

Vesc is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,006	—
1800	1,097	+9.0%
1806	1,153	+5.1%
1821	1,042	−9.6%
1831	1,097	+5.3%
1836	1,101	+0.4%
1841	1,050	−4.6%
1846	1,017	−3.1%
1851	969	−4.7%
1856	992	+2.4%
1861	961	−3.1%
1866	933	−2.9%
1872	872	−6.5%
1876	833	−4.5%
1881	752	−9.7%
1886	714	−5.1%
1891	639	−10.5%
1896	612	−4.2%
1901	540	−11.8%
1906	544	+0.7%
1911	507	−6.8%
1921	410	−19.1%
1926	354	−13.7%
1931	346	−2.3%
1936	327	−5.5%
1946	278	−15.0%
1954	276	−0.7%
1962	254	−8.0%
1968	256	+0.8%
1975	229	−10.5%
1982	248	+8.3%
1990	244	−1.6%
1999	277	+13.5%
2008	280	+1.1%

See also

• Communes of the Drôme department

References

• INSEE