Montignac-Charente

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Montignac-Charente

(2020–2026) James Chabauty^[1]Area

8.63 km² (3.33 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

704 • Density82/km² (210/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.

Montignac-Charente (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tiɲak ʃaʁɑ̃t]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	608	—
1975	709	+2.22%
1982	772	+1.22%
1990	709	−1.06%
1999	701	−0.13%
2009	731	+0.42%
2014	712	−0.53%
2020	712	+0.00%
Source: INSEE^[3]

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.^[4]
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.^[5] 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.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Base Mérimée: Château, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
^ Base Palissy: Cloche, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)