Montignac-Charente

Montignac-Charente
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Montignac-Charente
Montignac-Charente Montignac-Charente
Coordinates: 45°47′03″N 0°07′32″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Boixe-et-Manslois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	James Chabauty
Area 1	8.63 km2 (3.33 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	704
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16226 /16330
Elevation	39–90 m (128–295 ft) (avg. 42 m or 138 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montignac-Charente (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tiɲak ʃaʁɑ̃t]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 482 —     1800 520 +7.9% 1806 531 +2.1% 1821 563 +6.0% 1831 693 +23.1% 1841 642 −7.4% 1846 702 +9.3% 1851 730 +4.0% 1856 690 −5.5% 1861 816 +18.3% 1866 733 −10.2% 1872 732 −0.1% 1876 773 +5.6% 1881 785 +1.6% 1886 778 −0.9% 1891 733 −5.8% 1896 629 −14.2% 1901 613 −2.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1906 554 −9.6% 1911 553 −0.2% 1921 441 −20.3% 1926 502 +13.8% 1931 518 +3.2% 1936 597 +15.3% 1946 529 −11.4% 1954 554 +4.7% 1962 568 +2.5% 1968 608 +7.0% 1975 709 +16.6% 1982 772 +8.9% 1990 709 −8.2% 1999 701 −1.1% 2005 750 +7.0% 2010 710 −5.3% 2015 717 +1.0%

Sights and monuments

• Château de Montignac - keep and remains of an 11th-13th century castle, listed since 1962 as a monument historique by the Ministry of Culture.
• The bronze bell in the parish church of Notre-Dame weighs 200 kg and dates from 1666 and has been classified by the French Ministry of Culture as a monument historique since 1944. It is engraved:

SANCTA+MARIA+ORA+PRO+NOBIS+ME+FRANÇOIS CAZIER+PRETRE+CURE+DE L'EGLISE+DE+NOSTRE+DAME+DE+MONTIGNAC+CHARANTE+PARRIN+TRES+HAUT+TRES PUISSANT+ET+TRES ILLUSTRE+MESSIRE CHARLES+DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD+PAIR+DE+FRANCE+MARRINE+TRES HAUTE+ET+TRES PUISSANTE DAME AGNES+DUPLESSIS+DE+LEANCOURT+PRINCESSE+DE+MARSILLAC FABRICEURS+MES+CHARLES+THINON+ET PIERRE+PAPPOT
P.CHARPENTIER M'A FONDU EN 1666.

See also

• Communes of the Charente department