Montmoreau-Saint-Cybard | |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Montmoreau-Saint-Cybard 16.svg |
Arrondissement: | Angoulême |
Canton: | Tude-et-Lavalette |
Insee: | 16230 |
Postal Code: | 16190 |
Commune: | Montmoreau |
Coordinates: | 45.4°N 0.1317°W |
Elevation M: | 82 |
Elevation Min M: | 71 |
Elevation Max M: | 182 |
Area Km2: | 12.00 |
Population: | 1082 |
Population Date: | 2018 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Montmoreau-Saint-Cybard (pronounced as /fr/) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Montmoreau.[2]
The town is overlooked by a castle that dates from the Middle Ages, and a chapel within its gardens is classified as a historic monument. While its walls date from the eleventh century, the castle was destroyed during the Hundred Years War. Today only a large gate remains of the original; the current castle was built in the 15th century in the form of a manor within the old walls. The Church of Saint-Denis, which was restored starting in the 19th century, dates from the 12th.