Dignac

Dignac
Coat of arms
Dignac
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Dignac
Coordinates: 45°33′26″N 0°16′52″E / 45.5572°N 0.2811°ECoordinates: 45°33′26″N 0°16′52″E / 45.5572°N 0.2811°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Villebois-Lavalette
Intercommunality	Vallée de l'Échelle
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Françoise Delage
Area^1	27.66 km^2 (10.68 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	1,298
• Density	47/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Dignac 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%
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

References

• INSEE