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Bessé

commune in Charente, France
Place Commune of France Q1613701

Facts

18 properties

Identity

Instance of
commune of France
Official website
besse.village.free.fr[10]
Official name
Bessé[27]

Location

Country
France[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 45.955°, 0.073°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
canton of Aigre, Charente, arrondissement of Confolens (2008–present), Arrondissement of Angoulême (?–2007)[1][2][3]
Shares border with
Charmé, Souvigné, Tusson, Courcôme[5][6][7][8]

Population and size

Area
7.67 km²[34]
Elevation above sea level
107 (84–131, n=3)[31][32][33]
Female population
63 (2017)[28]
Male population
58 (2017)[29]
Population
120 (105–169, n=17)[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]

Codes

Postal code
16140[9]
More facts +5
Associated electoral district
canton of Charente-Nord (2015–present)[35]
Different from
Besse, Besse, Besse[30]
Located in the statistical territorial entity
Aire d'attraction de Ruffec[36]
Office held by the head of government
Mayor of Bessé[25]
Phone number
+33-5-45-31-72-95[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Bessé es Besse nl Besse ru Бессе (Шаранта) uk Бессе zh 贝塞 zh-hant 貝塞
🔖 Identifiers · 13
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Bessé10.JPG ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15248481w
EHESS ID of a French commune
3964
Email address
mailto:mairie@besse16140.fr
FactGrid item ID
Konrad Wilhelm von Wernau
Freebase ID
/m/03mc5_2
GeoNames ID
6447320
Insee municipality code
16042
Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID
15023
National Address Base ID
a81aac7e-d902-4f47-9165-4d30ff843d7f
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1739972
Topic's main category
Category:Bessé
Show all 13 identifiers +1
Who's on First ID
101892215

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🔗 Connections
Located in the administrative territorial entity 4
Charente, Arrondissement of Angoulême, arrondissement of Confolens, canton of Aigre
Shares border with 4
Charmé, Tusson, Souvigné, Courcôme
← Shares border with 4
Charmé, Tusson, Souvigné, Courcôme
Different from 3
Besse, Besse, Besse
← Different from 3
Besse, Besse, Besse
Located in time zone 2
UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
Associated electoral district 1
canton of Charente-Nord
Country 1
France
FactGrid item ID 1
Konrad Wilhelm von Wernau
Instance of 1
commune of France
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
canton of Aigre
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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Populations légales 2016. wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Q133878296. data.geopf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14d ago · MystBot bot · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim qualifiers: Population: 120, Add reason for preferred rank to population for 2023 (details)"
  2. 27w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Associated electoral district → canton of Charente-Nord
    Male population → 58
    Instance of → commune of France
    Area → 7.67 square kilometre
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #30068"
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