Champagne-et-Fontaine

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Champagne-et-Fontaine
Champanha e Fontanas
Champagne-et-Fontaine (France)
Champagne-et-Fontaine
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Périgueux
Canton Ribérac
Community association Pays Ribéracois
Coordinates 45 ° 25 ′  N , 0 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 25 ′  N , 0 ° 19 ′  E
height 77-169 m
surface 25.04 km 2
Residents 387 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 15 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 24320
INSEE code
Website http://www.champagne-et-fontaines.fr/

Town hall (Mairie) of Champagne-et-Fontaine

Champagne-et-Fontaine ( Occitan : Champanha e Fontana ) is a municipality with 387 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the southern French department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Périgueux and the canton of Ribérac (until 2015: canton Distriblac ). The inhabitants are called Champenois-et-Fontenois .

location

Champagne-et-Fontaine is about 41 kilometers northwest of Périgueux . Champagne-et-Fontaine is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard in the north, La Rochebeaucourt-et-Argentine in the northeast, Gout-Rossignol in the east, Cherval in the southeast, La Chapelle-Grésignac in the south, Nanteuil-Auriac-de- Bourzac in the southwest, Vendoire in the west and Gurat in the northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 655 600 511 477 415 431 412 405
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Martin church from the 12th / 13th centuries Century, renovations from later times, Monument historique since 1947
  • Saint-Jean-Baptiste church from the 12th century with renovations from the 15th century, monument historique since 1948
  • Clauzuroux castle from the 17th century, monument historique since 1947
  • La Richardie Castle from the 17th century
  • Chaumont Castle from 1667
  • La Ligerie Castle

Web links

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