Pressignac

Pressignac
Town hall and school
Pressignac
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Pressignac
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Chabanais
Intercommunality	Haute-Charente
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Maurice Faure
Area1	28.15 km2 (10.87 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	428
• Density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16270 / 16150
Elevation	163–282 m (535–925 ft) (avg. 264 m or 866 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,304	—
1800	1,669	+28.0%
1806	1,056	−36.7%
1821	1,198	+13.4%
1831	1,277	+6.6%
1841	1,446	+13.2%
1846	1,504	+4.0%
1851	1,511	+0.5%
1856	1,463	−3.2%
1861	1,409	−3.7%
1866	1,470	+4.3%
1872	1,366	−7.1%
1876	1,315	−3.7%
1881	1,362	+3.6%
1886	1,434	+5.3%
1891	1,509	+5.2%
1896	1,504	−0.3%
1901	1,515	+0.7%
1906	1,525	+0.7%
1911	1,354	−11.2%
1921	1,178	−13.0%
1926	1,109	−5.9%
1931	1,041	−6.1%
1936	1,010	−3.0%
1946	934	−7.5%
1954	790	−15.4%
1962	781	−1.1%
1968	665	−14.9%
1975	577	−13.2%
1982	519	−10.1%
1990	477	−8.1%
1999	449	−5.9%
2008	428	−4.7%

See also

• Rochechouart crater
• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE