Polignac, Haute-Loire

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

Polignac
Commune
Flag of Polignac
Coat of arms of Polignac
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
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentHaute-Loire
ArrondissementLe Puy-en-Velay
CantonLe Puy-en-Velay-2
IntercommunalityCA du Puy-en-Velay
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Jean-Paul Vigouroux[1]
Area
1
33.05 km2 (12.76 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
2,818
  Density85/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.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
17931,954    
18062,319+18.7%
18212,131−8.1%
18312,093−1.8%
18412,134+2.0%
18512,258+5.8%
18612,305+2.1%
18722,274−1.3%
18812,709+19.1%
18912,683−1.0%
19012,574−4.1%
19112,511−2.4%
YearPop.±%
19212,505−0.2%
19312,085−16.8%
19461,569−24.7%
19541,347−14.1%
19621,257−6.7%
19681,407+11.9%
19751,709+21.5%
19822,003+17.2%
19902,384+19.0%
19992,602+9.1%
20092,782+6.9%
20172,814+1.2%

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).[3]

See also

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 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. 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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