Balanzac

Balanzac
Balanzac
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Balanzac
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saintes
Canton	Saujon
Intercommunality	Bassins Seudre-et-Arnoult
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Dominique Bernard
Area1	12.75 km2 (4.92 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	484
• Density	38/km2 (98/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17030 / 17600
Elevation	17–39 m (56–128 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.

Balanzac is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	501	—
1800	423	−15.6%
1806	380	−10.2%
1821	548	+44.2%
1831	634	+15.7%
1836	678	+6.9%
1841	634	−6.5%
1846	723	+14.0%
1851	651	−10.0%
1856	640	−1.7%
1861	646	+0.9%
1866	637	−1.4%
1872	624	−2.0%
1876	642	+2.9%
1881	616	−4.0%
1886	576	−6.5%
1891	533	−7.5%
1896	535	+0.4%
1901	516	−3.6%
1906	536	+3.9%
1911	508	−5.2%
1921	436	−14.2%
1926	440	+0.9%
1931	456	+3.6%
1936	441	−3.3%
1946	428	−2.9%
1954	403	−5.8%
1962	367	−8.9%
1968	360	−1.9%
1975	331	−8.1%
1982	348	+5.1%
1990	355	+2.0%
1999	344	−3.1%
2008	484	+40.7%

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE