Bernac, Charente

Bernac
Town hall
Bernac
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Bernac
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Villefagnan
Intercommunality	Ruffec
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Jacques Vrignon
Area1	8.46 km2 (3.27 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	436
• Density	52/km2 (130/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16039 / 16700
Elevation	94–152 m (308–499 ft) (avg. 103 m or 338 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	461	—
1800	514	+11.5%
1806	439	−14.6%
1821	467	+6.4%
1831	548	+17.3%
1841	573	+4.6%
1846	546	−4.7%
1851	556	+1.8%
1856	544	−2.2%
1861	567	+4.2%
1866	564	−0.5%
1872	520	−7.8%
1876	501	−3.7%
1881	474	−5.4%
1886	470	−0.8%
1891	441	−6.2%
1896	424	−3.9%
1901	373	−12.0%
1906	379	+1.6%
1911	376	−0.8%
1921	321	−14.6%
1926	318	−0.9%
1931	322	+1.3%
1936	330	+2.5%
1946	300	−9.1%
1954	291	−3.0%
1962	297	+2.1%
1968	259	−12.8%
1975	278	+7.3%
1982	387	+39.2%
1990	433	+11.9%
1999	419	−3.2%
2008	436	+4.1%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE