Champagne-et-Fontaine
The church in Fontaines
The church in Fontaines
Coat of arms of Champagne-et-Fontaine
Location of Champagne-et-Fontaine
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Champagne-et-Fontaine is located in France
Champagne-et-Fontaine
Champagne-et-Fontaine
Champagne-et-Fontaine is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Champagne-et-Fontaine
Champagne-et-Fontaine
Coordinates: 45°25′21″N 0°19′05″E / 45.4225°N 0.3181°E / 45.4225; 0.3181
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentDordogne
ArrondissementPérigueux
CantonRibérac
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Pascal Devars[1]
Area
1
25.04 km2 (9.67 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
347
 • Density14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
24097 /24320
Elevation77–169 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.

Geography

The Lizonne flows southwestward through the northern part of the commune and forms part of its western border.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962655—    
1968600−8.4%
1975511−14.8%
1982477−6.7%
1990415−13.0%
1999431+3.9%
2008409−5.1%
2013405−1.0%
2018381−5.9%

Villages, hamlets, and localities

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.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Entry on La Ligerie in the Dictionnaire amoureux de De Gaulle, by Michel Tauriac, published by Plon, Paris, 2010