Pressignac

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Pressignac
Pressinhac
Pressignac (France)
Pressignac
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente
Arrondissement Confolens
Canton Charente-Vienne
Community association Charente limousine
Coordinates 45 ° 50 ′  N , 0 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 50 ′  N , 0 ° 45 ′  E
height 163-281 m
surface 28.15 km 2
Residents 349 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 12 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 16150
INSEE code

Town Hall (Mairie) of Pressignac

Pressignac is a French municipality with 349 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ); it belongs to the Arrondissement Confolens and the canton Charente-Vienne (until 2015 Chabanais ). The inhabitants are called Pressignacois .

geography

Pressignac is located about 50 kilometers east-northeast of Angoulême on the Charente dammed up to Lac de Lavaude and is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Chabanais in the north and northwest, Chassenon in the north and northeast, Rochechouart in the east, Vayres in the southeast, Videix in the south, Verneuil in the south and South-west, Massignac in the south-west, Lésignac-Durand in the west and Saint-Quentin-sur-Charente in the west and north-west.

Population development

year 1793 1856 1901 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 1,304 1,463 1,515 781 665 577 519 477 449 430 394
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Martin church from the 12th / 13th centuries century
Saint Martin Church

Web links

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