Champagne-et-Fontaine
Champagne-et-Fontaine | |
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Champagne-et-Fontaine | |
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region Champagne-et-Fontaine | |
Coordinates: 45°25′21″N 0°19′05″E / 45.4225°N 0.3181°ECoordinates: 45°25′21″N 0°19′05″E / 45.4225°N 0.3181°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Dordogne |
Arrondissement | Périgueux |
Canton | Verteillac |
Intercommunality | Verteillacois |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Noël Virecoulon |
Area1 | 25.04 km2 (9.67 sq mi) |
Population (2008)2 | 399 |
• Density | 16/km2 (41/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
INSEE/Postal code | 24097 / 24320 |
Elevation |
77–169 m (253–554 ft) (avg. 95 m or 312 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Champagne-et-Fontaine is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Geography
The Lizonne flows southwestward through the northern part of the commune and forms part of its western border.
Population
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1962 | 655 | — |
1968 | 600 | −8.4% |
1975 | 511 | −14.8% |
1982 | 477 | −6.7% |
1990 | 415 | −13.0% |
1999 | 431 | +3.9% |
2008 | 399 | −7.4% |
Personalities
For some twenty years the family of Charles de Gaulle owned a country home there called La Ligerie where de Gaulle spent his summers as a youngster. The de Gaulle family sold La Ligerie in 1920.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Entry on La Ligerie in the Dictionnaire amoureux de De Gaulle, by Michel Tauriac, published by Plon, Paris, 2010
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