Sencenac-Puy-de-Fourches

Sencenac-Puy-de-Fourches (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃snak pɥi də fuʁʃ]; Occitan: Cencenac e Puei de Forchas) is a former commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Brantôme en Périgord.^[2]

Sencenac-Puy-de-Fourches
Part of Brantôme en Périgord
Puy-de-Fourches
Location of Sencenac-Puy-de-Fourches
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Coordinates: 45°18′28″N 0°39′38″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Nontron
Canton	Brantôme
Commune	Brantôme en Périgord
Area 1	10.79 km2 (4.17 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	237
• Density	22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	24310
Elevation	128–234 m (420–768 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. ±% 1831 499 —     1836 506 +1.4% 1841 471 −6.9% 1846 494 +4.9% 1851 493 −0.2% 1856 495 +0.4% 1861 455 −8.1% 1866 446 −2.0% 1872 441 −1.1% 1876 463 +5.0% 1881 435 −6.0% 1886 414 −4.8% 1891 432 +4.3% 1896 381 −11.8% 1901 362 −5.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1906 388 +7.2% 1911 411 +5.9% 1921 330 −19.7% 1926 331 +0.3% 1931 313 −5.4% 1936 294 −6.1% 1946 287 −2.4% 1954 265 −7.7% 1962 207 −21.9% 1968 221 +6.8% 1975 191 −13.6% 1982 176 −7.9% 1990 180 +2.3% 1999 193 +7.2% 2008 211 +9.3%

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne département

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 31 October 2018, p. 14 (in French)