Genac

Genac
Part of Genac-Bignac
Town hall
Location of Genac
Genac Genac
Coordinates: 45°47′59″N 0°01′35″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Canton	Rouillac
Commune	Genac-Bignac
Area 1	25.84 km2 (9.98 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	773
• Density	30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	16170
Elevation	44–157 m (144–515 ft) (avg. 70 m or 230 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Genac (French pronunciation: [ʒənak]) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Genac-Bignac.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,538 —     1800 1,704 +10.8% 1806 1,291 −24.2% 1821 1,432 +10.9% 1831 1,503 +5.0% 1841 1,564 +4.1% 1846 1,612 +3.1% 1851 1,623 +0.7% 1856 1,568 −3.4% 1861 1,577 +0.6% 1866 1,511 −4.2% 1872 1,523 +0.8% 1876 1,508 −1.0% 1881 1,281 −15.1% 1886 1,208 −5.7% 1891 1,090 −9.8% 1896 1,056 −3.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 1,037 −1.8% 1906 971 −6.4% 1911 922 −5.0% 1921 823 −10.7% 1926 805 −2.2% 1931 767 −4.7% 1936 765 −0.3% 1946 774 +1.2% 1954 765 −1.2% 1962 708 −7.5% 1968 685 −3.2% 1975 686 +0.1% 1982 678 −1.2% 1990 761 +12.2% 1999 687 −9.7% 2008 668 −2.8%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

External links

• Official website Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine