Hiesse

Hiesse
Town hall
Hiesse
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Hiesse
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Confolens-Nord
Intercommunality	Confolentais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gilbert Quesne
Area1	24.75 km2 (9.56 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	251
• Density	10/km2 (26/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16164 / 16490
Elevation	157–231 m (515–758 ft) (avg. 180 m or 590 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	530	—
1800	476	−10.2%
1806	475	−0.2%
1821	564	+18.7%
1831	572	+1.4%
1841	547	−4.4%
1846	553	+1.1%
1851	550	−0.5%
1856	558	+1.5%
1861	528	−5.4%
1866	476	−9.8%
1872	547	+14.9%
1876	507	−7.3%
1881	551	+8.7%
1886	564	+2.4%
1891	569	+0.9%
1896	587	+3.2%
1901	602	+2.6%
1906	605	+0.5%
1911	626	+3.5%
1921	505	−19.3%
1926	505	+0.0%
1931	510	+1.0%
1936	475	−6.9%
1946	446	−6.1%
1954	466	+4.5%
1962	445	−4.5%
1968	422	−5.2%
1975	383	−9.2%
1982	342	−10.7%
1990	295	−13.7%
1999	277	−6.1%
2008	251	−9.4%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE