Brossac

Brossac
Vallier Pond
Brossac
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Brossac
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Brossac
Intercommunality	3B - Sud-Charente
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Joseph Rousselière
Area1	21.84 km2 (8.43 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	535
• Density	24/km2 (63/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16066 / 16480
Elevation	75–184 m (246–604 ft) (avg. 159 m or 522 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,019	—
1800	1,017	−0.2%
1806	896	−11.9%
1821	1,073	+19.8%
1831	1,277	+19.0%
1841	1,154	−9.6%
1846	1,164	+0.9%
1851	1,168	+0.3%
1856	1,200	+2.7%
1861	1,163	−3.1%
1866	1,136	−2.3%
1872	1,066	−6.2%
1876	1,132	+6.2%
1881	1,167	+3.1%
1886	1,111	−4.8%
1891	987	−11.2%
1896	948	−4.0%
1901	906	−4.4%
1906	913	+0.8%
1911	961	+5.3%
1921	890	−7.4%
1926	933	+4.8%
1931	879	−5.8%
1936	899	+2.3%
1946	860	−4.3%
1954	832	−3.3%
1962	862	+3.6%
1968	778	−9.7%
1975	679	−12.7%
1982	635	−6.5%
1990	593	−6.6%
1999	525	−11.5%
2008	535	+1.9%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE