Lésignac-Durand Explained

Lésignac-Durand
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Confolens
Canton:	Charente-Bonnieure
Insee:	16183
Postal Code:	16310
Mayor:	Pascal Duteil^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Coordinates:	45.8122°N 0.6381°W
Elevation M:	245
Elevation Min M:	193
Elevation Max M:	296
Area Km2:	19.74

Lésignac-Durand (in French pronounced as /leziɲak dyʁɑ̃/; Occitan (post 1500);: 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.

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.