Monflanquin

Monflanquin
Commune
A general view of Monflanquin
Coat of arms
Monflanquin
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Monflanquin
Coordinates: 44°31′59″N 0°46′07″E / 44.5331°N 0.7686°E / 44.5331; 0.7686Coordinates: 44°31′59″N 0°46′07″E / 44.5331°N 0.7686°E / 44.5331; 0.7686
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement	Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Canton	Le Haut agenais Périgord
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Bastide et Châteaux en Guyenne
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Francis bordes
Area1	62.21 km2 (24.02 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	2,258
• Density	36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	47175 /47150
Elevation	64–207 m (210–679 ft) (avg. 181 m or 594 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.

Monflanquin is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. Built in 1256 as a military bastide town on a strategic north-south route, it changed hands several times during the Hundred Years' War.

The village is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France") association.

Demography

See also

• Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department

Monflanquin bastide modèle

References

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