Foussignac

Foussignac
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Foussignac
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Coordinates: 45°42′51″N 0°07′22″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Jarnac
Intercommunality	CA Grand Cognac
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Georges Henri Devige
Area 1	15.14 km2 (5.85 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	651
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16145 /16200
Elevation	24–114 m (79–374 ft) (avg. 68 m or 223 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Foussignac (French pronunciation: [fusiɲak]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 576 —     1800 648 +12.5% 1806 684 +5.6% 1821 593 −13.3% 1831 650 +9.6% 1841 629 −3.2% 1846 616 −2.1% 1851 657 +6.7% 1856 615 −6.4% 1861 722 +17.4% 1866 706 −2.2% 1872 695 −1.6% 1876 652 −6.2% 1881 581 −10.9% 1886 594 +2.2% 1891 550 −7.4% 1896 517 −6.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 514 −0.6% 1906 505 −1.8% 1911 422 −16.4% 1921 433 +2.6% 1926 437 +0.9% 1931 407 −6.9% 1936 418 +2.7% 1946 383 −8.4% 1954 418 +9.1% 1962 424 +1.4% 1968 406 −4.2% 1975 488 +20.2% 1982 523 +7.2% 1990 543 +3.8% 1999 553 +1.8% 2008 611 +10.5%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department