Lésignac-Durand
Lésignac-Durand | |
|---|---|
 The lake in Lésignac | |
Location of Lésignac-Durand  | |
  Lésignac-Durand  Lésignac-Durand | |
| Coordinates: 45°48′44″N 0°38′17″E / 45.8122°N 0.6381°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Charente |
| Arrondissement | Confolens |
| Canton | Charente-Bonnieure |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Pascal Duteil[1] |
Area 1 | 19.74 km2 (7.62 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 171 |
| • Density | 8.7/km2 (22/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| 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. | |
Lésignac-Durand (French pronunciation: [leziɲak dyʁɑ̃]; Occitan: Lesinhac) is a commune in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.
Geography
[edit]The commune is found within the Rochechouart impact structure.
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 399 | — |
| 1975 | 352 | −1.77% |
| 1982 | 299 | −2.30% |
| 1990 | 228 | −3.33% |
| 1999 | 184 | −2.35% |
| 2009 | 183 | −0.05% |
| 2014 | 183 | +0.00% |
| 2020 | 173 | −0.93% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Personalities
[edit]- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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