Dignac

Dignac
Commune
The church in Dignac
Coat of arms
Dignac Dignac
Coordinates: 45°33′26″N 0°16′52″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Boëme-Échelle
Intercommunality	Grand Angoulême
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Françoise Delage
Area 1	27.66 km2 (10.68 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16119 /16410
Elevation	105–224 m (344–735 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Dignac (French pronunciation: ​[diɲak]; Occitan: Dinhac) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 906 —     1800 519 −42.7% 1806 1,056 +103.5% 1821 1,141 +8.0% 1831 1,145 +0.4% 1841 1,537 +34.2% 1846 1,518 −1.2% 1851 1,659 +9.3% 1856 1,513 −8.8% 1861 1,436 −5.1% 1866 1,401 −2.4% 1872 1,288 −8.1% 1876 1,321 +2.6% 1881 1,244 −5.8% 1886 1,244 +0.0% 1891 1,252 +0.6% 1896 1,126 −10.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 1,115 −1.0% 1906 1,107 −0.7% 1911 1,052 −5.0% 1921 975 −7.3% 1926 905 −7.2% 1931 850 −6.1% 1936 857 +0.8% 1946 885 +3.3% 1954 851 −3.8% 1962 793 −6.8% 1968 843 +6.3% 1975 896 +6.3% 1982 1,147 +28.0% 1990 1,230 +7.2% 1999 1,281 +4.1% 2008 1,298 +1.3%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department