Sorges

Sorges

Sorges
Administration
Country France
Region Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Périgueux
Canton Savignac-les-Églises
Intercommunality Villages truffiers des portes de Périgueux
Mayor Jean-Jacques Ratier
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 120–216 m (390–709 ft)
Land area1 47.38 km2 (18.29 sq mi)
Population2 1,265  (2008)
 - Density 27 /km2 (70 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 24540/ 24420
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.

Sorges is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Population

Historical populations
Year Pop. ±%
1793 1,473
1800 1,328 −9.8%
1806 1,367 +2.9%
1821 1,684 +23.2%
1831 1,764 +4.8%
1836 1,873 +6.2%
1841 1,756 −6.2%
1846 1,864 +6.2%
1851 1,844 −1.1%
1856 1,930 +4.7%
1861 1,873 −3.0%
1866 1,895 +1.2%
1872 1,803 −4.9%
1876 1,890 +4.8%
1881 1,790 −5.3%
1886 1,773 −0.9%
1891 1,715 −3.3%
1896 1,679 −2.1%
1901 1,688 +0.5%
1906 1,663 −1.5%
1911 1,664 +0.1%
1921 1,377 −17.2%
1926 1,365 −0.9%
1931 1,316 −3.6%
1936 1,269 −3.6%
1946 1,104 −13.0%
1954 1,158 +4.9%
1962 980 −15.4%
1968 892 −9.0%
1975 876 −1.8%
1982 911 +4.0%
1990 1,074 +17.9%
1999 1,123 +4.6%
2008 1,265 +12.6%

See also

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