Montignac-Charente
Montignac-Charente (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tiɲak ʃaʁɑ̃t]) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It was merged with Vars to form La Boixe on 1 January 2025.
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 |
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.
- 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. 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.
- 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
See also
References
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
- ^ Arrêté du 6 novembre 2024 portant création de la commune nouvelle de La Boixe, Légifrance, retrieved 9 January 2025
- ^ 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)
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