Lésignac-Durand

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Lésignac-Durand
Lésignac-Durand
Coordinates: 45°48′44″N 0°38′17″E / 45.8122°N 0.6381°E / 45.8122; 0.6381Coordinates: 45°48′44″N 0°38′17″E / 45.8122°N 0.6381°E / 45.8122; 0.6381
Country France
Region Poitou-Charentes
Department Charente
Arrondissement Confolens
Canton Montembœuf
Intercommunality Haute-Charente
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Michel Duteil
Area
  Land1 19.74 km2 (7.62 sq mi)
Population (2008)
  Population2 188
  Population2 Density 9.5/km2 (25/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 16183 / 16310
Elevation 193–296 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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Georgraphy

The commune is found within the Rochechouart meteorite crater.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 289    
1968 399+38.1%
1975 352−11.8%
1982 299−15.1%
1990 228−23.7%
1999 184−19.3%
2008 188+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

References

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