Bassillac

Bassillac (French pronunciation: [basijak]; Occitan: Bassilhac, before 2002: Bassilac)^[2] is a former commune in the Dordogne department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Bassillac et Auberoche.^[3]

Bassillac
Part of Bassillac et Auberoche
Location of Bassillac
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Coordinates: 45°11′29″N 0°48′51″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Périgueux
Canton	Isle-Manoire
Commune	Bassillac et Auberoche
Area 1	18.73 km2 (7.23 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	1,882
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	24330
Elevation	87–233 m (285–764 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 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 682 —     1800 616 −9.7% 1806 656 +6.5% 1821 665 +1.4% 1831 732 +10.1% 1836 810 +10.7% 1841 777 −4.1% 1846 788 +1.4% 1851 838 +6.3% 1856 816 −2.6% 1861 778 −4.7% 1866 785 +0.9% 1872 770 −1.9% 1876 718 −6.8% 1881 737 +2.6% 1886 743 +0.8% 1891 753 +1.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 765 +1.6% 1901 740 −3.3% 1906 684 −7.6% 1911 673 −1.6% 1921 586 −12.9% 1926 596 +1.7% 1931 588 −1.3% 1936 594 +1.0% 1946 620 +4.4% 1954 533 −14.0% 1962 506 −5.1% 1968 512 +1.2% 1975 701 +36.9% 1982 1,297 +85.0% 1990 1,541 +18.8% 1999 1,755 +13.9% 2008 1,789 +1.9%

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
2. Décret du 10 avril 2002 portant changement de nom de communes, Légifrance.
3. Arrêté préfectoral 29 June 2016 (in French)