Mussidan

Mussidan
Crempse River
Coat of arms
Mussidan
Location within Aquitaine region Mussidan
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Périgueux
Canton	Mussidan
Intercommunality	Mussidanais en Périgord
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Stéphane Triquart
Area1	3.85 km2 (1.49 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	2,837
• Density	740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	24299 / 24400
Elevation	42–106 m (138–348 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 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.

Mussidan (Occitan: Moissida) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,286	—
1800	1,176	−8.6%
1806	1,411	+20.0%
1821	1,630	+15.5%
1831	1,700	+4.3%
1836	1,953	+14.9%
1841	1,744	−10.7%
1846	1,862	+6.8%
1851	1,919	+3.1%
1856	2,028	+5.7%
1861	1,917	−5.5%
1866	2,070	+8.0%
1872	1,980	−4.3%
1876	2,062	+4.1%
1881	2,025	−1.8%
1886	2,037	+0.6%
1891	2,206	+8.3%
1896	2,215	+0.4%
1901	2,284	+3.1%
1906	2,350	+2.9%
1911	2,416	+2.8%
1921	2,453	+1.5%
1926	2,449	−0.2%
1931	2,416	−1.3%
1936	2,653	+9.8%
1946	3,018	+13.8%
1954	3,006	−0.4%
1962	3,024	+0.6%
1968	3,048	+0.8%
1975	3,235	+6.1%
1982	3,236	+0.0%
1990	2,985	−7.8%
1999	2,845	−4.7%
2008	2,837	−0.3%

International relations

It is twinned with Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.

• Vigy, France; since 1990

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne department

References

• INSEE