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.
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.