Bessac

Bessac
Commune
A general view of Bessac
Location of Bessac
Bessac Bessac
Coordinates: 45°25′51″N 0°01′05″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Tude-et-Lavalette
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Claude Chevalier
Area 1	10.55 km2 (4.07 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	116
• Density	11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Bessac (French pronunciation: [bɛsak]) 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%

Year Pop. ±% 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