Cognac-la-Forêt

Cognac-la-Forêt
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Haute-Vienne
Arrondissement	Rochechouart
Canton	Rochechouart
Community association	Ouest Limousin
Coordinates	45 ° 50 ′  N , 1 ° 1 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 50 ′  N , 1 ° 1 ′  E
height	171-418 m
surface	31.56 km 2
Residents	1,185 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	38 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	87310
INSEE code	87046

Cognac-la-Forêt is a French commune with 1185 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Périgord-Limousin Regional Nature Park . It belongs to the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region , the Haute-Vienne department , the Rochechouart arrondissement and the canton of the same name . The highest point in the canton of Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre was in Cognac-la-Forêt . The village was made into the canton of Rochechouart in 2015 . The Vienne forms the north-west border with Saint-Brice-sur-Vienne . The other neighboring municipalities are Saint-Victurnien , Sainte-Marie-de-Vaux , Saint-Yrieix-sous-Aixe , Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe , Séreilhac , Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre , Saint-Cyr , Saint- Auvent and Saint-Martin-de-Jussac .

geology

In Cognac-la-Forêt there is the so-called Cognac-la-Forêt leukogranite as part of the Saint-Mathieu leukogranite .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008	2013
Residents	1,043	951	801	864	893	890	1,047	1.102

Attractions

• Death lamp , Monument historique

Death lamp

Web links

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