Lésignac-Durand

Lésignac-Durand
Commune
The lake in Lésignac
Location of Lésignac-Durand
Lésignac-Durand Lésignac-Durand
Coordinates: 45°48′44″N 0°38′17″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Bonnieure
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Duteil
Area 1	19.74 km2 (7.62 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	171
• Density	8.7/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16183 /16310
Elevation	193–296 m (633–971 ft) (avg. 245 m or 804 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lésignac-Durand (French pronunciation: [leziɲak dyʁɑ̃]; Occitan: Lesinhac) is a commune in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

Geography

The commune is found within the Rochechouart impact structure.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	399	—
1975	352	−1.77%
1982	299	−2.30%
1990	228	−3.33%
1999	184	−2.35%
2009	183	−0.05%
2014	183	0.00%
2020	173	−0.93%
Source: INSEE

Personalities

• Antoine Thomas, Sieur de Lézignac, adviser to the king holding the Présidial seat of Angoumois.
• The Thomas family members were aldermen, mayors of Angoulême, and advisers to the Présidial of Angoulême in the seventeenth century. The family was ennobled in 1639, 1667 and 1736.

See also

• Communes of the Charente department