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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Polignac
Commune
Flag of PolignacFlagCoat of arms of PolignacCoat of arms
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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
Area33.05 km (12.76 sq mi)
Population2,831
 • Density86/km (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code43152 /43000
Elevation562–892 m (1,844–2,927 ft)
(avg. 740 m or 2,430 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (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. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association.

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 and INSEE (1968-2017)

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).

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 2021" (in French). 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.
Communes of the Haute-Loire department


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