Moncontour, Vienne

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Coordinates: 46°52′57″N 0°00′57″W / 46.8825, -0.0158333333333

Commune of Moncontour

Location
Moncontour, Vienne (France)
Moncontour, Vienne
Administration
Country France
Region Poitou-Charentes
Department Vienne
Arrondissement Châtellerault
Canton Primary town, Canton of Moncontour
Mayor Édouard Renaud
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 51 m–115 m
(avg. 70 m)
Land area¹ 41.06 km²
Population²
(1999)
980
 - Density 23/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 86161/ 86330
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

Moncontour is a commune in the Vienne département, in the Poitou-Charentes région of France.

It was the site of the Battle of Moncontour in 1569.

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Change in Population
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
1019 1171 1061 1036 929 980
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting — residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.


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