Abjat-sur-Bandiat

Abjat-sur-Bandiat
Commune
The church in Abjat-sur-Bandiat
Coat of arms
Location of Abjat-sur-Bandiat
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Coordinates: 45°35′09″N 0°45′32″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Nontron
Canton	Périgord Vert Nontronnais
Intercommunality	Périgord Nontronnais
Government
• Mayor (2024–2026)	Fabrice Chateau[1]
Area ^1	27.62 km^2 (10.66 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	631
• Density	23/km^2 (59/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Abjacois, Abjacoises
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	24001 /24300
Elevation	196–355 m (643–1,165 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Abjat-sur-Bandiat (French pronunciation: [abʒa syʁ bɑ̃dja], literally Abjat on Bandiat; Occitan: Ajac de Bandiat) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The commune was simply known as Abjat until 1975.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,233 —     1800 1,376 +1.58% 1806 1,256 −1.51% 1821 1,600 +1.63% 1831 1,642 +0.26% 1836 1,591 −0.63% 1841 1,621 +0.37% 1846 1,679 +0.71% 1851 1,645 −0.41% 1856 1,678 +0.40% 1861 1,602 −0.92% 1866 1,623 +0.26% 1872 1,548 −0.79% 1876 1,630 +1.30% 1881 1,713 +1.00% 1886 1,703 −0.12% 1891 1,716 +0.15% 1896 1,685 −0.36%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,689 +0.05% 1906 1,701 +0.14% 1911 1,650 −0.61% 1921 1,438 −1.37% 1926 1,368 −0.99% 1931 1,194 −2.68% 1936 1,207 +0.22% 1946 1,179 −0.23% 1954 957 −2.57% 1962 949 −0.10% 1968 837 −2.07% 1975 716 −2.21% 1982 687 −0.59% 1990 693 +0.11% 1999 624 −1.16% 2009 650 +0.41% 2014 642 −0.25% 2020 627 −0.39%
Source: EHESS (1793-1999)[3] and INSEE[4]

Sport

Every year, since 1991, the French conkers championship is held in the village.^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne département

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Abjat-sur-Bandiat, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. ffconkers website Archived August 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine