Le Vigeant
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Montmorillon | |
| Canton | Lussac-les-Châteaux | |
| Community association | Vienne et Gartempe | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 14 ' N , 0 ° 39' E | |
| height | 85-191 m | |
| surface | 64.36 km 2 | |
| Residents | 699 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 11 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 86150 | |
| INSEE code | 86289 | |
Le Vigeant is a French municipality with 699 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the arrondissement of Montmorillon and the canton of Lussac-les-Châteaux .
geography
Le Vigeant is about 50 kilometers south-southeast of Poitiers . The river Vienne forms the eastern boundary of Le Vigeant . Neighboring municipalities are Queaux in the north, Moussac in the northeast, L'Isle-Jourdain in the east, Millac in the east and southeast, Availles-Limouzine in the south, Saint-Martin-l'Ars in the west and Usson-du-Poitou in the north-west.
The Circuit de Val de Vienne motorsport racetrack is located in the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 1,283 | 1,401 | 1,215 | 997 | 828 | 777 | 749 | 698 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Dolmen
- Church, monument historique since 1907
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vienne. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-128-7 , pp. 378-380.
Web links
Commons : Le Vigeant - collection of images, videos and audio files
