Massignac

Massignac
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Massignac
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Massignac
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Montembœuf
Intercommunality	Haute-Charente
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Pierre Compain
Area1	23.93 km2 (9.24 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	407
• Density	17/km2 (44/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16212 / 16310
Elevation	214–290 m (702–951 ft) (avg. 269 m or 883 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,090	—
1800	1,142	+4.8%
1806	1,062	−7.0%
1821	1,220	+14.9%
1831	1,110	−9.0%
1841	1,165	+5.0%
1846	1,266	+8.7%
1851	1,279	+1.0%
1856	1,286	+0.5%
1861	1,236	−3.9%
1866	1,266	+2.4%
1872	1,202	−5.1%
1876	1,224	+1.8%
1881	1,278	+4.4%
1886	1,371	+7.3%
1891	1,300	−5.2%
1896	1,359	+4.5%
1901	1,306	−3.9%
1906	1,379	+5.6%
1911	1,287	−6.7%
1921	1,115	−13.4%
1926	1,030	−7.6%
1931	993	−3.6%
1936	987	−0.6%
1946	928	−6.0%
1954	751	−19.1%
1962	780	+3.9%
1968	745	−4.5%
1975	620	−16.8%
1982	515	−16.9%
1990	451	−12.4%
1999	401	−11.1%
2008	407	+1.5%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE