Montignac-Charente

Montignac-Charente is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Montignac-Charente
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Montignac-Charente
Montignac-Charente
Montignac-Charente
Coordinates: 45°47′03″N 0°07′32″E
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente
ArrondissementConfolens
CantonBoixe-et-Manslois
IntercommunalityBoixe
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) James Chabauty
Area
1
8.63 km2 (3.33 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
728
 • Density84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
16226 /16330
Elevation39–90 m (128–295 ft)
(avg. 42 m or 138 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793482—    
1800520+7.9%
1806531+2.1%
1821563+6.0%
1831693+23.1%
1841642−7.4%
1846702+9.3%
1851730+4.0%
1856690−5.5%
1861816+18.3%
1866733−10.2%
1872732−0.1%
1876773+5.6%
1881785+1.6%
1886778−0.9%
1891733−5.8%
1896629−14.2%
1901613−2.5%
1906554−9.6%
1911553−0.2%
1921441−20.3%
1926502+13.8%
1931518+3.2%
1936597+15.3%
1946529−11.4%
1954554+4.7%
1962568+2.5%
1968608+7.0%
1975709+16.6%
1982772+8.9%
1990709−8.2%
1999701−1.1%
2005750+7.0%
2010710−5.3%
2015717+1.0%

Sights and monuments
  • Château de Montignac - keep and remains of an 11th-13th century castle, listed since 1962 as a monument historique by the Ministry of Culture.[2]
  • The bronze bell in the parish church of Notre-Dame weighs 200 kg and dates from 1666 and has been classified by the French Ministry of Culture as a monument historique since 1944.[3] It is engraved:
SANCTA+MARIA+ORA+PRO+NOBIS+ME+FRANÇOIS CAZIER+PRETRE+CURE+DE L'EGLISE+DE+NOSTRE+DAME+DE+MONTIGNAC+CHARANTE+PARRIN+TRES+HAUT+TRES PUISSANT+ET+TRES ILLUSTRE+MESSIRE CHARLES+DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD+PAIR+DE+FRANCE+MARRINE+TRES HAUTE+ET+TRES PUISSANTE DAME AGNES+DUPLESSIS+DE+LEANCOURT+PRINCESSE+DE+MARSILLAC FABRICEURS+MES+CHARLES+THINON+ET PIERRE+PAPPOT
P.CHARPENTIER M'A FONDU EN 1666.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Base Mérimée: Château, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  3. Base Palissy: Cloche, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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