Maisonnais-sur-Tardoire explained

Maisonnais-sur-Tardoire
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Maisonnais-sur-Tardoire (Haute-Vienne).svg
Coordinates:45.7131°N 0.6906°W
Insee:87091
Postal Code:87440
Arrondissement:Rochechouart
Canton:Rochechouart
Mayor:Raoul Rechignac[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Elevation Min M:165
Elevation Max M:306
Area Km2:31.89

Maisonnais-sur-Tardoire (in French pronounced as /mɛzɔnɛ syʁ taʁdwaʁ/, literally Maisonnais on Tardoire; Occitan (post 1500);: Maisonès) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.

Tourism

It is a pretty little village with a sixteenth-century church that has a square steeple. It also has a village shop, a school, a town hall, a small post office and a cemetery.

It is 6 kilometres from the nearest small town, Saint-Mathieu which has a variety of shops and bars and a tennis court, as well as a swimming lake.

It is central to three capital cities, Angoulème the capital of the Charente, with its famous cartoon museum; Limoges the capital of the Limousin, famous for its history of porcelain manufacture and Périgueux the capital of the Périgord.

See also

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.