Montignac-Charente
Montignac-Charente | |
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  Montignac-Charente  Montignac-Charente | |
| Coordinates: 45°47′03″N 0°07′32″E / 45.7842°N 0.1256°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Charente |
| Arrondissement | Confolens |
| Canton | Boixe-et-Manslois |
| Intercommunality | Boixe |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | James Chabauty |
| Area 1 | 8.63 km2 (3.33 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 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 is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 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% |
| 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.[2]
- 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.[3] 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.
- 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
See also
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Ministry of Culture: Château (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture: cloche (in French)
External links
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