Champagne-et-Fontaine | |
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Coordinates: 45°25′21″N 0°19′05″E / 45.4225°N 0.3181°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Dordogne |
Arrondissement | Périgueux |
Canton | Ribérac |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Pascal Devars[1] |
Area 1 | 25.04 km2 (9.67 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2021)[2] | 347 |
• Density | 14/km2 (36/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
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. |
Champagne-et-Fontaine (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃paɲ e fɔ̃tɛn]; Occitan: Champanha e Fontanas) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Champagne-et-Fontaine is the birthplace of Philip I of France.
The Lizonne flows southwestward through the northern part of the commune and forms part of its western border.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 655 | — |
1968 | 600 | −8.4% |
1975 | 511 | −14.8% |
1982 | 477 | −6.7% |
1990 | 415 | −13.0% |
1999 | 431 | +3.9% |
2008 | 409 | −5.1% |
2013 | 405 | −1.0% |
2018 | 381 | −5.9% |
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.[3]