Lusignan (Vienne)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Poitiers | |
| Canton | Lusignan (main town) | |
| Community association | Grand Poitiers | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 26 ' N , 0 ° 7' E | |
| height | 99-159 m | |
| surface | 37.82 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,649 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 70 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 86600 | |
| INSEE code | 86139 | |
| Website | http://www.lusignan.fr/ | |
 Lusignan, Notre Dame et Saint-Junien church |
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Lusignan is a French village with 2,649 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Poitiers and the canton of Lusignan . The place is around 25 km southwest of Poitiers , on the banks of the Vonne River . The inhabitants of Lusignan are called Mélusins or Mélusines .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Residents | 2,283 | 2,564 | 2,777 | 2,855 | 2,749 | 2,677 | 2,565 |
Attractions
- The Château de Lusignan , the largest medieval fortress of France is only as ruins preserved.
- The Romanesque church Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Junien was essentially built between 1024 and 1110 and supplemented by a southern porch in the 15th century .
Partnerships
Lusignan has been linked through community partnerships since 1976 with the German community Altusried in the Bavarian Allgäu and since 1997 with Pano Lefkara in Cyprus , about 40 km southwest of Nicosia . Lusignan has a special relationship with Cyprus as the first ruler of the Kingdom of Cyprus was Guido of Lusignan . He had been king of Jerusalem and bought the island in 1192 from Richard the Lionheart , who had conquered the island on the 3rd Crusade .
There are friendly relationships with the French community of L'Hôpital . The residents of this municipality, which lies directly on the border with Germany, were evacuated to Lusignan at the beginning of the Second World War .
Personalities
- The noble family Lusignan is also associated with the medieval legend of the Melusine .
- Jacques Babinet (1794–1872) physicist
- André Léo (1824–1900) writer, journalist and feminist
Others
Lusignan is located on the Via Turonensis , the northernmost Way of St. James in France.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vienne. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-128-7 , pp. 477-486.
