Salignac, Gironde

Salignac (French pronunciation: [saliɲak]; Gascon: Salinhac) is a former commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Val-de-Virvée.

Salignac
Part of Val-de-Virvée
Coat of arms
Location of Salignac
Salignac Salignac
Coordinates: 45°00′58″N 0°22′51″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Blaye
Canton	Le Nord-Gironde
Commune	Val-de-Virvée
Area 1	11.82 km2 (4.56 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	1,799
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	33240
Elevation	45 m (148 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. ±% 1793 1,019 —     1800 1,059 +3.9% 1821 999 −5.7% 1831 1,138 +13.9% 1841 986 −13.4% 1851 934 −5.3% 1861 967 +3.5% 1872 958 −0.9% 1881 959 +0.1% 1891 890 −7.2% 1901 831 −6.6% 1911 800 −3.7% 1921 788 −1.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1931 771 −2.2% 1946 712 −7.7% 1954 681 −4.4% 1962 659 −3.2% 1968 673 +2.1% 1975 649 −3.6% 1982 941 +45.0% 1990 1,188 +26.2% 1999 1,134 −4.5% 2008 1,333 +17.5% 2011 1,521 +14.1% 2019 1,799 +18.3%

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department