Polignac, Haute-Loire
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Polignac (French pronunciation: [pɔliɲak]; Occitan: Panhac) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association.
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 Location of Polignac | |
  Polignac Location within France  Polignac Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Coordinates: 45°04′14″N 3°51′37″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Haute-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Le Puy-en-Velay |
| Canton | Le Puy-en-Velay-2 |
| Intercommunality | CA du Puy-en-Velay |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Paul Vigouroux[1] |
Area 1 | 33.05 km2 (12.76 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 2,819 |
| • Density | 85.30/km2 (220.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 43152 /43000 |
| Elevation | 562–892 m (1,844–2,927 ft) (avg. 740 m or 2,430 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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Sights
The town is dominated by the Forteresse de Polignac with its square donjon tower, 32 m tall. The Chateau de Lavoute Polignac is a few miles away, close to the village of Lavoute.
Art and literature
The poetical illustration "The Church at Polignac" by Letitia Elizabeth Landon to a painting by James Duffield Harding was written during the imprisonment of Prince Polignac and his colleagues, after the French Revolution of 1830 (in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837).[5]
See also
