Polignac, Haute-Loire
Polignac | |
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Commune | |
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Coordinates: 45°04′14″N 3°51′37″E / 45.0706°N 3.8603°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 (2021)[2] | 2,831 |
• Density | 86/km2 (220/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. |
Polignac (French pronunciation: [pɔliɲak]; Occitan: Panhac) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France,
Population
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4] |
Sights
[edit]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
[edit]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]
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See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Polignac, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1836). "poetical illustration". Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837. Fisher, Son & Co.Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1836). "picture". Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837. Fisher, Son & Co.