La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Angoulême |
Canton: | Val de Tardoire |
Insee: | 16281 |
Postal Code: | 16110 |
Mayor: | Jean Louis Marsaud[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | La Rochefoucauld - Porte du Périgord |
Coordinates: | 45.7414°N 0.3872°W |
Elevation Min M: | 75 |
Elevation Max M: | 136 |
Area Km2: | 24.15 |
La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois (pronounced as /fr/, literally La Rochefoucauld in Angoumois; oc|La Ròcha Focaud d'Engolmés) is a commune in the department of Charente, southwestern France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of La Rochefoucauld (the seat) and Saint-Projet-Saint-Constant.[2]
In February 2021, speleologists explored a kilometre-long sepulchral cave containing numerous ceramics and a dozen human skulls. The site, located in the commune, was occupied for more than a millennium during the Bronze Age, until about 900 BC.[3]