Leignes-sur-Fontaine
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Montmorillon | |
| Canton | Chauvigny | |
| Community association | Vienne et Gartempe | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 30 ' N , 0 ° 47' E | |
| height | 82–157 m | |
| surface | 32.37 km 2 | |
| Residents | 637 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 20 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 86300 | |
| INSEE code | 86126 | |
Leignes-sur-Fontaine is a French municipality with 637 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the arrondissement of Montmorillon and the canton of Chauvigny .
geography
Leignes-sur-Fontaine is about 30 kilometers east-southeast of Poitiers . Leignes-sur-Fontaine is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Fleix and Paizay-le-Sec in the north, Antigny in the east and north-east, Jouhet in the east, Pindray in the south and south-east, Chapelle-Viviers in the south and south-west and Chauvigny in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 674 | 586 | 505 | 512 | 467 | 513 | 528 | 608 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Hilaire church, historique monument since 1957
- Vaucour Castle, a historic monument since 1973
Saint-Hilaire church
Vaucour Castle
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vienne. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-128-7 , pp. 153-156.
Web links
Commons : Leignes-sur-Fontaine - Collection of images, videos and audio files
