Lusignan, Vienne

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Coordinates: 46°26′08″N 0°07′25″E / 46.4355555556, 0.123611111111

Commune of Lusignan
Location
Lusignan, Vienne (France)
Lusignan, Vienne
Administration
Country France
Region Poitou-Charentes
Department Vienne
Arrondissement Poitiers
Canton Canton de Lusignan
(chef-lieu)
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Pays Mélusin
Mayor René Gibault
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 99 m–159 m
(avg. 132 m)
Land area¹ 37,82 km²
Population²
(1999)		 2677
 - Density 70/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 86139/ 86600
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.
France

Lusignan is a French town (Commune), located in the department of the Vienne, in the Poitou-Charentes region, about 25km southwest of Poitiers. The inhabitants are called Mélusins and Mélusines.

Contents

[edit] Geography

The city of Lusignan now has about 3,000 inhabitants. It is located on the road RN11 from Poitiers to La Rochelle. It is about 400km from Paris.

River: La Vonne

[edit] Blason

The Blason of the Lusignan familly of the kings of Cyprus became the blason of the city of Lusignan:

Burelé d'argent et d'azur, au lion de gueules, armé, lampassé et couronné d'or, brochant sur le tout.

—(Malte-Brun, la France illustrée, tome V, 1884)

[edit] Monuments

[edit] Famous people from Lusignan

[edit] Gallery

The church

The Church (detail)

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes