Saint-Gence

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Coordinates: 45°55′21″N 1°08′19″E / 45.92250, 1.13861

Commune of Saint-Gence
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Limousin
Department	Haute-Vienne
Arrondissement	Limoges
Canton	Nieul
Intercommunality	CA de Limoges Métropole
Mayor	Alain Delhoume (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	256–432 m
Land area¹	21.77 km²
Population² (1999)	1,489
- Density	68/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	87143/ 87510
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Gence (Occitan: Sent Gençan) is a small town and commune in the Haute-Vienne département of central-western France.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Entertainment 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Demographics

Change in Population

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2004	2008
534	617	704	1 071	1 311	1 489	1 831	1 929
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting — residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Inhabitants are known as Saint-Gençois.

[edit] Entertainment

Saint_Gence have every March a party, whose named " La Vinigaste ". It's a week end where wine is sold.

[edit] See also

• Communes of the Haute-Vienne department

[edit] References

• INSEE (English)
• IGN (English)
• [1] in French