Poullignac

Poullignac
Commune
The church in Poullignac
Location of Poullignac
Poullignac Poullignac
Coordinates: 45°24′00″N 0°01′09″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Tude-et-Lavalette
Intercommunality	Montmorélien
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Mireille Neeser
Area 1	8.94 km2 (3.45 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	100
• Density	11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16267 /16190
Elevation	63–167 m (207–548 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Poullignac is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 355 —     1800 345 −2.8% 1806 284 −17.7% 1821 303 +6.7% 1831 327 +7.9% 1841 301 −8.0% 1846 310 +3.0% 1851 323 +4.2% 1856 293 −9.3% 1861 323 +10.2% 1866 300 −7.1% 1872 263 −12.3% 1876 255 −3.0% 1881 256 +0.4% 1886 247 −3.5% 1891 257 +4.0% 1896 211 −17.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 188 −10.9% 1906 213 +13.3% 1911 216 +1.4% 1921 193 −10.6% 1926 170 −11.9% 1931 188 +10.6% 1936 182 −3.2% 1946 162 −11.0% 1954 159 −1.9% 1962 154 −3.1% 1968 143 −7.1% 1975 102 −28.7% 1982 124 +21.6% 1990 97 −21.8% 1999 77 −20.6% 2008 80 +3.9%

Sights

The Romanesque Church of Saint-Martin, built from the end of the 11th century to the beginning of the 12th, was classified as a historic monument in 1987. The apse was replaced in the 12th century with the current barrel vault choir. The brick vault in the nave dates from 1844. There are murals painted in the choir, and traces of paintings in the rest of the church.

See also

• Communes of the Charente department