Lésignac-Durand

Lésignac-Durand is a commune in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

Lésignac-Durand
Commune
The lake in Lésignac
Location of Lésignac-Durand
Lésignac-Durand
Lésignac-Durand
Coordinates: 45°48′44″N 0°38′17″E
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente
ArrondissementConfolens
CantonCharente-Bonnieure
IntercommunalityHaute-Charente
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Michel Duteil
Area
1
19.74 km2 (7.62 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
187
 • Density9.5/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
16183 /16310
Elevation193–296 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.

Geography

The commune is found within the Rochechouart meteorite crater.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962289—    
1968399+38.1%
1975352−11.8%
1982299−15.1%
1990228−23.7%
1999184−19.3%
2008188+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.
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See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.



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