Lésignac-Durand

Coordinates: 45°48′44″N 0°38′17″E / 45.8122°N 0.6381°E / 45.8122; 0.6381
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Lésignac-Durand
The lake in Lésignac
The lake in Lésignac
Location of Lésignac-Durand
Map
Lésignac-Durand is located in France
Lésignac-Durand
Lésignac-Durand
Lésignac-Durand is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Lésignac-Durand
Lésignac-Durand
Coordinates: 45°48′44″N 0°38′17″E / 45.8122°N 0.6381°E / 45.8122; 0.6381
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente
ArrondissementConfolens
CantonCharente-Bonnieure
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Pascal Duteil[1]
Area
1
19.74 km2 (7.62 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
171
 • Density8.7/km2 (22/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.

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]

Historical population
YearPop.±% 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]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE