Vilhonneur
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| local community | Moulins-sur-Tardoire | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente | |
| Arrondissement | Angoulême | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 41 ′ N , 0 ° 25 ′ E | |
| Post Code | 16220 | |
| Former INSEE code | 16406 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Vilhonneur ( Occitan : Vilonor ) is a village and a former French community with 413 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ). It belonged to the Arrondissement of Angoulême and the canton of Val de Tardoire (until 2015: canton of La Rochefoucauld ). The inhabitants are called Vilhonnorois .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Vilhonneur and Rancogne were merged to form Commune nouvelle Moulins-sur-Tardoire and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Vilhonneur.
location
Vilhonneur is located in the Pays d'Horte et Tardoire , about 20 kilometers east-northeast of Angoulême on the Tardoire . Vilhonneur is surrounded by the villages of Rancogne in the north, Saint-Sornin in the northeast, Vouthon in the east and southeast, Saint-Germain-de-Montbron in the south, Chazelles in the southwest and Pranzac in the west.
Photo gallery
Saint-Pierre church
Vilhonneur Castle
Rochebertier House
Le Placard cave
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2013 |
| Residents | 294 | 286 | 286 | 319 | 318 | 274 | 318 | 371 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church
- Vilhonneur Castle from the 14th century, Monument historique
- Le Placard cave , discovered in 1853
- Le Visage cave , discovered in 2005
- Abri du Bois-du-Roc
- Rochebertier house from the 16th century
- Gué de Vilhonneur, also known as the Roman ford
