Polignac

Polignac is the name of several communes in France:

• Polignac, Charente-Maritime
• Polignac, Haute-Loire, in the Haute-Loire département, dominated by the fortress Château de Polignac with its square donjon tower, 32 m tall

Polignac is the name of the famous noble French family that take their name from the château of Polignac, of which they have been sieurs since Carolingian times.

• Duke of Polignac
• Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac
• Jules, prince de Polignac, 1780 – 1847, promulgator of the July Ordinances
• Melchior de Polignac, 1661-1742, French diplomat, Roman Catholic cardinal and neo-Latin poet
• Alphonse de Polignac, 1817 – 1890, French mathematician and number theorist.
• Pierre de Polignac, 1895 – 1964
• Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac, Confederate general at the Battle of Sabine Crossroads, 1832-1913
• Winnaretta Singer, princess Edmond de Polignac, 1865 – 1943
• Prince Edmond de Polignac, 1834 – 1901

• Polignac (card game) is also a French card game for four players