Bessé

Bessé is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Bessé
Town hall
Location of Bessé
Bessé
Bessé
Coordinates: 45°57′22″N 0°04′28″E
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente
ArrondissementConfolens
CantonCharente-Nord
IntercommunalityPays d'Aigre
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Noël Lizot
Area
1
7.67 km2 (2.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
121
  Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
16042 /16140
Elevation84–131 m (276–430 ft)
(avg. 111 m or 364 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793250    
1800382+52.8%
1806386+1.0%
1821418+8.3%
1831420+0.5%
1841403−4.0%
1846413+2.5%
1851414+0.2%
1856413−0.2%
1861440+6.5%
1866405−8.0%
1872410+1.2%
1876429+4.6%
1881377−12.1%
1886380+0.8%
1891344−9.5%
1896334−2.9%
1901334+0.0%
1906325−2.7%
1911330+1.5%
1921277−16.1%
1926263−5.1%
1931261−0.8%
1936265+1.5%
1946237−10.6%
1954222−6.3%
1962216−2.7%
1968169−21.8%
1975137−18.9%
1982116−15.3%
1990132+13.8%
1999152+15.2%
2008149−2.0%

The inhabitants of Bessé-sur-Braye are called Besséens.

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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