Gensac-la-Pallue

Gensac-la-Pallue
Coat of arms
Gensac-la-Pallue
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Gensac-la-Pallue
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Segonzac
Intercommunality	Grande Champagne
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Mauzé
Area1	19.23 km2 (7.42 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,603
• Density	83/km2 (220/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16150 / 16130
Elevation	7–50 m (23–164 ft) (avg. 23 m or 75 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.

Gensac-la-Pallue is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	783	—
1800	882	+12.6%
1806	901	+2.2%
1821	822	−8.8%
1831	837	+1.8%
1841	954	+14.0%
1846	1,003	+5.1%
1851	1,044	+4.1%
1856	1,596	+52.9%
1861	1,025	−35.8%
1866	1,077	+5.1%
1872	1,093	+1.5%
1876	1,016	−7.0%
1881	923	−9.2%
1886	902	−2.3%
1891	890	−1.3%
1896	867	−2.6%
1901	834	−3.8%
1906	848	+1.7%
1911	789	−7.0%
1921	730	−7.5%
1926	757	+3.7%
1931	902	+19.2%
1936	805	−10.8%
1946	739	−8.2%
1954	870	+17.7%
1962	935	+7.5%
1968	979	+4.7%
1975	1,297	+32.5%
1982	1,613	+24.4%
1990	1,701	+5.5%
1999	1,611	−5.3%
2008	1,603	−0.5%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE