Torsac

Torsac
Town hall
Torsac
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Torsac
Coordinates: 45°33′50″N 0°12′56″E / 45.5639°N 0.2156°ECoordinates: 45°33′50″N 0°12′56″E / 45.5639°N 0.2156°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Villebois-Lavalette
Intercommunality	Vallée de l'Échelle
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Catherine Bréard
Area^1	28.55 km^2 (11.02 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	770
• Density	27/km^2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	16382 / 16410
Elevation	73–175 m (240–574 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 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.

Torsac is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	812	—
1800	577	−28.9%
1806	822	+42.5%
1821	905	+10.1%
1831	878	−3.0%
1841	852	−3.0%
1846	837	−1.8%
1851	870	+3.9%
1856	846	−2.8%
1861	795	−6.0%
1866	751	−5.5%
1872	695	−7.5%
1876	646	−7.1%
1881	625	−3.3%
1886	637	+1.9%
1891	564	−11.5%
1896	525	−6.9%
1901	470	−10.5%
1906	480	+2.1%
1911	505	+5.2%
1921	434	−14.1%
1926	441	+1.6%
1931	433	−1.8%
1936	413	−4.6%
1946	386	−6.5%
1954	416	+7.8%
1962	348	−16.3%
1968	352	+1.1%
1975	385	+9.4%
1982	464	+20.5%
1990	731	+57.5%
1999	717	−1.9%
2008	770	+7.4%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE