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Lésignac-Durand

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Lésignac-Durand
Location of Lésignac-Durand
Map
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente
ArrondissementConfolens
CantonMontembœuf
IntercommunalityHaute-Charente
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Michel Duteil
Area
1
19.74 km2 (7.62 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
188
 • Density9.5/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
16183 /16310
Elevation193–296 m (633–971 ft)
(avg. 245 m or 804 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lésignac-Durand is a commune in the Charente department in the Poitou-Charentes region in southwestern France.

Geography

The commune is found within the Rochechouart meteorite crater.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962289—    
1968399+38.1%
1975352−11.8%
1982299−15.1%
1990228−23.7%
1999184−19.3%
2008188+2.2%

Personalities

  • Antoine Thomas, Sieur de Lézignac, adviser to the king holding the Présidial seat of Angoumois.
  • The Thomas family members were aldermen, mayors of Angoulême, and advisers to the Présidial of Angoulême in the seventeenth century. The family was ennobled in 1639, 1667 and 1736.

See also

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