Bessac

Bessac
Commune
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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[1]
Area ^1	10.55 km^2 (4.07 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	116
• Density	11/km^2 (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 km^2 (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.	±% p.a.
1968	189	—
1975	152	−3.06%
1982	147	−0.48%
1990	139	−0.70%
1999	131	−0.66%
2009	109	−1.82%
2014	117	+1.43%
2020	113	−0.58%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE