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Location within Poitou-Charentes region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres |
| Arrondissement | Niort |
| Canton | Brioux-sur-Boutonne |
| Intercommunality | Val de Boutonne |
| Mayor | Bernard Belaud (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 55–149 m (180–489 ft) (avg. 413 m/1,355 ft) |
| Land area1 | 20.30 km2 (7.84 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 277 (2006) |
| - Density | 14 /km2 (36 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 79111/ 79170 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Ensigné is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France.
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The surrounding countryside is densely wooded. The village is close to the forest of Ensigné and of Aulnay.
The kindergarten and primary school have been merged with those of Asnières-en-Poitou and Paizay-le-Chapt, none of the three individual villages having a population above 300 by the start of the twenty-first century.
The history of the village is closely linked to that of the Knights Templar. Ensigné contains a Templar command post comprising fortifications, a chapel and a castle. Today the site is privately owned: the castle itself is in a ruined condition, but two separate properties have been created from the part including the former chapel.