Passirac

Passirac
Coat of arms
Passirac
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Passirac
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Brossac
Intercommunality	3B - Sud-Charente
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Dominique de Castelbajac
Area1	14.67 km2 (5.66 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	257
• Density	18/km2 (45/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16256 / 16480
Elevation	74–174 m (243–571 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	572	—
1800	554	−3.1%
1806	475	−14.3%
1821	626	+31.8%
1831	654	+4.5%
1841	651	−0.5%
1846	662	+1.7%
1851	687	+3.8%
1856	660	−3.9%
1861	626	−5.2%
1866	634	+1.3%
1872	580	−8.5%
1876	603	+4.0%
1881	560	−7.1%
1886	567	+1.2%
1891	548	−3.4%
1896	533	−2.7%
1901	541	+1.5%
1906	502	−7.2%
1911	519	+3.4%
1921	464	−10.6%
1926	435	−6.2%
1931	413	−5.1%
1936	389	−5.8%
1946	416	+6.9%
1954	411	−1.2%
1962	379	−7.8%
1968	341	−10.0%
1975	287	−15.8%
1982	242	−15.7%
1990	217	−10.3%
1999	227	+4.6%
2008	257	+13.2%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE