Bresdon

Bresdon
Bresdon
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Bresdon
Coordinates: 45°51′52″N 0°08′45″W / 45.8644°N 0.1458°WCoordinates: 45°51′52″N 0°08′45″W / 45.8644°N 0.1458°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Canton	Matha
Intercommunality	Pays de Matha
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gérard Pasquet
Area^1	16.67 km^2 (6.44 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	264
• Density	16/km^2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	17062 / 17490
Elevation	78–146 m (256–479 ft) (avg. 81 m or 266 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.

Bresdon is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	748	—
1800	764	+2.1%
1806	740	−3.1%
1821	755	+2.0%
1831	757	+0.3%
1836	753	−0.5%
1841	764	+1.5%
1846	750	−1.8%
1851	761	+1.5%
1856	749	−1.6%
1861	771	+2.9%
1866	741	−3.9%
1872	711	−4.0%
1876	723	+1.7%
1881	669	−7.5%
1886	652	−2.5%
1891	592	−9.2%
1896	569	−3.9%
1901	535	−6.0%
1906	535	+0.0%
1911	539	+0.7%
1921	502	−6.9%
1926	511	+1.8%
1931	524	+2.5%
1936	537	+2.5%
1946	461	−14.2%
1954	442	−4.1%
1962	393	−11.1%
1968	368	−6.4%
1975	391	+6.2%
1982	342	−12.5%
1990	307	−10.2%
1999	279	−9.1%
2008	264	−5.4%

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE