Bussac-sur-Charente

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Bussac-sur-Charente (French pronunciation: [bysak syʁ ʃaʁɑ̃t], literally Bussac on Charente, before 1984: Bussac)^[3] is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

Bussac-sur-Charente
Commune
The town hall in Bussac-sur-Charente
Coat of arms
Location of Bussac-sur-Charente
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Coordinates: 45°47′13″N 0°37′59″W / 45.7869°N 0.6331°W / 45.7869; -0.6331
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saintes
Canton	Chaniers
Intercommunality	CA Saintes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Luc Marchais^[1]
Area ¹	9.98 km² (3.85 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	1,282
• Density	130/km² (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17073 /17100
Elevation	2–60 m (6.6–196.9 ft) (avg. 12 m or 39 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	602	—
1975	662	+1.37%
1982	860	+3.81%
1990	989	+1.76%
1999	1,123	+1.42%
2009	1,282	+1.33%
2014	1,290	+0.12%
2020	1,282	−0.10%
Source: INSEE^[4]

International relations

Bussac-sur-Charente is twinned with Oron-la-Ville, Switzerland.^[5]

See also

Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Décret du 13 novembre 1984 portant changement de nom de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0270, 18 November 1984, p. 10523.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Association Suisse des Communes et Régions d'Europe". L'Association suisse pour le Conseil des Communes et Régions d'Europe (ASCCRE) (in French). Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.

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