Polignac
Commune
Flag of Polignac
Flag
Coat of arms of Polignac
Coat of arms
Location of Polignac
Polignac is located in France
Polignac
Polignac
Polignac is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Polignac
Polignac
Coordinates: 45°04′14″N 3°51′37″E / 45.0706°N 3.8603°E / 45.0706; 3.8603
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentHaute-Loire
ArrondissementLe Puy-en-Velay
CantonLe Puy-en-Velay-2
IntercommunalityCA du Puy-en-Velay
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Paul Vigouroux[1]
Area
1
33.05 km2 (12.76 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
2,831
 • Density86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
43152 /43000
Elevation562–892 m (1,844–2,927 ft)
(avg. 740 m or 2,430 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Polignac (French pronunciation: [pɔliɲak]; Occitan: Panhac) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France,

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,954—    
1821 2,131+0.31%
1846 2,094−0.07%
1872 2,274+0.32%
1901 2,574+0.43%
1926 2,092−0.83%
1946 1,569−1.43%
1962 1,257−1.38%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,407+1.90%
1975 1,709+2.82%
1982 2,003+2.29%
1990 2,384+2.20%
1999 2,602+0.98%
2007 2,785+0.85%
2012 2,817+0.23%
2017 2,814−0.02%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Sights

The town is dominated by the Forteresse de Polignac with its square donjon tower, 32 m tall. The Chateau de Lavoute Polignac is a few miles away, close to the village of Lavoute.

Art and Literature

The poetical illustration "The Church at Polignac" by Letitia Elizabeth Landon to a painting by James Duffield Harding was written during the imprisonment of Prince Polignac and his colleagues, after the French Revolution of 1830 (in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837).[5]

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See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Polignac, EHESS (in French).
  4. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ↑ Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1836). "poetical illustration". Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837. Fisher, Son & Co.Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1836). "picture". Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837. Fisher, Son & Co.


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