Bassac, Charente

Bassac
Town hall
Bassac
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Bassac
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Jarnac
Intercommunality	Jarnac
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Nicole Roy
Area1	7.62 km2 (2.94 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	545
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16032 / 16120
Elevation	12–38 m (39–125 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	819	—
1800	862	+5.3%
1806	835	−3.1%
1821	863	+3.4%
1831	806	−6.6%
1841	793	−1.6%
1846	815	+2.8%
1851	808	−0.9%
1856	747	−7.5%
1861	774	+3.6%
1866	760	−1.8%
1872	738	−2.9%
1876	714	−3.3%
1881	690	−3.4%
1886	735	+6.5%
1891	669	−9.0%
1896	720	+7.6%
1901	705	−2.1%
1906	661	−6.2%
1911	649	−1.8%
1921	536	−17.4%
1926	512	−4.5%
1931	508	−0.8%
1936	493	−3.0%
1946	471	−4.5%
1954	489	+3.8%
1962	504	+3.1%
1968	509	+1.0%
1975	513	+0.8%
1982	478	−6.8%
1990	464	−2.9%
1999	461	−0.6%
2008	545	+18.2%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE