Montignac (Dordogne)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Dordogne | |
| Arrondissement | Sarlat-la-Canéda | |
| Canton | Vallée de l'Homme (main town) | |
| Community association | Vallée de l'Homme | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 4 ′ N , 1 ° 10 ′ E | |
| height | 73-273 m | |
| surface | 37.15 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,770 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 75 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 24290 | |
| INSEE code | 24291 | |
 Old town on the right of the Vézère |
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Montignac is a municipality with 2770 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in France in Dordogne , in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
geography
The municipality is located on the banks of the Vézère River .
history
Montignac was already settled in the Paleolithic and was colonized by the Romans in antiquity .
At the beginning of the Middle Ages there is evidence of a castle in Montignac, which in the 11th century was married to the Counts of Périgord and became an important fortress. The rule of Montignac shared the history of the County of Périgord , especially the frequent changes in ownership over the centuries.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 2809 | 2949 | 3081 | 3135 | 2938 | 3023 | 2870 | 2788 |
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Cityscape
Montignac extends on both sides of the Vézère. On the right is the medieval part with the tower and surrounding wall, the last remains of the fortress of the Counts of Périgord . The facility was damaged several times by war and was finally destroyed in 1825. The city was protected by a wall with three city gates, one of which led to the bridge over the Vézère. This bridge was burned by the Protestants in 1580 and damaged by floods after the reconstruction in 1620. The current bridge structure, built between 1766 and 1777, replaced the ferry that had been in use for 150 years.
Attractions
- Lascaux cave with famous cave paintings from the Paleolithic (not open to the public)
- Lascaux II and IV , exact replicas of the Lascaux cave
- Museum of Prehistoric Art "Le Thot - Espace Cro-Magnon" in Thonac
- Eugène Le Roy Museum
- Coulonges Castle, 14th to 16th centuries
Personalities
- Joseph Joubert (1754-1824), French moralist and essayist
- Jean Broc (1771–1850), French painter
- Joseph Mérilhou (1788–1856), French politician and minister
- Eugène Le Roy (1836–1907) French writer
literature
- Susanne Böttcher (Ed.): Périgord, Dordogne, Limousin. (= The Green Guide. ) Travel-House-Media, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-8342-8995-7 , p. 230.
Web links
- The Lascaux Cave (German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Le Thot - Espace Cro-Magnon. (No longer available online.) Office de Tourisme Lascaux-Dordogne, archived from the original on December 14, 2016 ; accessed on December 14, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
