Payzac, Ardèche

Payzac
Commune
The church in Payzac
Location of Payzac
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Coordinates: 44°27′16″N 4°09′14″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ardèche
Arrondissement	Largentière
Canton	Les Cévennes ardéchoises
Intercommunality	Pays Beaume Drobie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	François Coulange[1]
Area ^1	13.7 km^2 (5.3 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	535
• Density	39/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	07171 /07230
Elevation	188–619 m (617–2,031 ft) (avg. 400 m or 1,300 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Payzac (French pronunciation: [pɛzak]; Occitan: Paisac) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,000 —     1800 1,052 +0.73% 1806 1,166 +1.73% 1821 1,156 −0.06% 1831 1,396 +1.90% 1836 1,301 −1.40% 1841 1,286 −0.23% 1846 1,294 +0.12% 1851 1,267 −0.42% 1856 1,163 −1.70% 1861 1,132 −0.54% 1866 1,126 −0.11% 1872 1,028 −1.51% 1876 1,046 +0.43% 1881 944 −2.03% 1886 866 −1.71% 1891 886 +0.46% 1896 820 −1.54%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 755 −1.64% 1906 773 +0.47% 1911 712 −1.63% 1921 667 −0.65% 1926 640 −0.82% 1931 626 −0.44% 1936 620 −0.19% 1946 572 −0.80% 1954 515 −1.30% 1962 471 −1.11% 1968 413 −2.17% 1975 363 −1.83% 1982 424 +2.24% 1990 436 +0.35% 1999 389 −1.26% 2007 466 +2.28% 2012 552 +3.45% 2017 536 −0.59%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Ardèche department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
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 Payzac, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE