Montignac-Charente Explained

Montignac-Charente
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Montignac-Charente 16.svg
Arrondissement:	Confolens
Canton:	Boixe-et-Manslois
Insee:	16226
Postal Code:	16330
Mayor:	James Chabauty^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Coordinates:	45.7842°N 0.1256°W
Elevation M:	42
Elevation Min M:	39
Elevation Max M:	90
Area Km2:	8.63

Montignac-Charente (in French pronounced as /mɔ̃tiɲak ʃaʁɑ̃t/) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Sights and monuments

• Château de Montignac - keep and remains of an 11th-13th century castle, listed since 1962 as a monument historique by the Ministry of Culture.
• The bronze bell in the parish church of Notre-Dame weighs 200 kg and dates from 1666 and has been classified by the French Ministry of Culture as a monument historique since 1944. It is engraved:

SANCTA+MARIA+ORA+PRO+NOBIS+ME+FRANÇOIS CAZIER+PRETRE+CURE+DE L'EGLISE+DE+NOSTRE+DAME+DE+MONTIGNAC+CHARANTE+PARRIN+TRES+HAUT+TRES PUISSANT+ET+TRES ILLUSTRE+MESSIRE CHARLES+DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD+PAIR+DE+FRANCE+MARRINE+TRES HAUTE+ET+TRES PUISSANTE DAME AGNES+DUPLESSIS+DE+LEANCOURT+PRINCESSE+DE+MARSILLAC FABRICEURS+MES+CHARLES+THINON+ET PIERRE+PAPPOT
P.CHARPENTIER M'A FONDU EN 1666.

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.