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Lésignac-Durand (French pronunciation: [leziɲak dyʁɑ̃]; Occitan: Lesinhac) is a commune in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

CountryFrance
Area
1
19.74 km2 (7.62 sq mi)
Population
(2023)[2]
167
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Lésignac-Durand
The lake in Lésignac
The lake in Lésignac
Location of Lésignac-Durand
Lésignac-Durand is located in France
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Lésignac-Durand
Location within France
Lésignac-Durand is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Lésignac-Durand
Lésignac-Durand
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 45°48′44″N 0°38′17″E
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente
ArrondissementConfolens
CantonCharente-Bonnieure
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Pascal Duteil[1]
Area
1
19.74 km2 (7.62 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
167
  Density8.46/km2 (21.9/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.
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Geography

The commune is found within the Rochechouart impact structure.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 399    
1975 352−1.77%
1982 299−2.30%
1990 228−3.33%
1999 184−2.35%
2007 194+0.66%
2012 181−1.38%
2017 187+0.65%
2023 167−1.87%
Source: INSEE[3]
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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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