Banassac

Banassac
Part of Banassac-Canilhac
A road in the centre of the commune
Coat of arms
Location of Banassac
Banassac Location within France Banassac Location within Occitanie
Coordinates: 44°26′13″N 3°12′03″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Lozère
Arrondissement	Mende
Canton	La Canourgue
Commune	Banassac-Canilhac
Area 1	17.41 km2 (6.72 sq mi)
Population  (2013)	872
• Density	50.1/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	48500
Elevation	504–927 m (1,654–3,041 ft) (avg. 530 m or 1,740 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Banassac (French pronunciation: [banasak]; Occitan: Banaçac) is a former commune in the Lozère department in southern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Banassac-Canilhac.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1846	1,500	—
1851	1,294	−2.91%
1856	1,188	−1.69%
1861	1,173	−0.25%
1866	1,276	+1.70%
1872	1,228	−0.64%
1876	1,256	+0.57%
1881	1,393	+2.09%
1886	1,275	−1.75%
1891	1,158	−1.91%
1896	1,080	−1.38%
1901	964	−2.25%
1906	1,127	+3.17%
1911	1,110	−0.30%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1921	975	−1.29%
1926	888	−1.85%
1931	876	−0.27%
1936	782	−2.24%
1946	721	−0.81%
1954	624	−1.79%
1962	642	+0.36%
1968	599	−1.15%
1975	741	+3.09%
1982	799	+1.08%
1990	747	−0.84%
1999	813	+0.95%
2006	863	+0.86%
2013	872	+0.15%

Source: EHESS and INSEE

See also

• Communes of the Lozère department