Lessac

Lessac
Lessac
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Lessac
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Confolens-Nord
Intercommunality	Confolentais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Éric Pinaud
Area1	34.14 km2 (13.18 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	588
• Density	17/km2 (45/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16181 / 16500
Elevation	122–232 m (400–761 ft) (avg. 132 m or 433 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.

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

Geography

The Clouère has its source in the commune.

The Vienne forms most of the commune's eastern border.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	976	—
1800	759	−22.2%
1806	773	+1.8%
1821	817	+5.7%
1831	890	+8.9%
1841	888	−0.2%
1846	948	+6.8%
1851	899	−5.2%
1856	932	+3.7%
1861	938	+0.6%
1866	937	−0.1%
1872	985	+5.1%
1876	939	−4.7%
1881	930	−1.0%
1886	957	+2.9%
1891	979	+2.3%
1896	984	+0.5%
1901	1,027	+4.4%
1906	1,012	−1.5%
1911	1,044	+3.2%
1921	988	−5.4%
1926	881	−10.8%
1931	773	−12.3%
1936	753	−2.6%
1946	766	+1.7%
1954	757	−1.2%
1962	657	−13.2%
1968	648	−1.4%
1975	591	−8.8%
1982	587	−0.7%
1990	586	−0.2%
1999	531	−9.4%
2008	588	+10.7%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE