- Champagne-et-Fontaine
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Champagne-et-Fontaine
Administration Country France Region Aquitaine Department Dordogne Arrondissement Périgueux Canton Verteillac Intercommunality Verteillacois Mayor Jean-Noël Virecoulon
(2008–2014)Statistics Elevation 77–169 m (253–554 ft)
(avg. 95 m/312 ft)Land area1 25.04 km2 (9.67 sq mi) Population2 399 (2008) - Density 16 /km2 (41 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 24097/ 24320 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. Coordinates: 45°25′21″N 0°19′05″E / 45.4225°N 0.318055555556°E
Champagne-et-Fontaine is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.
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Geography
The Lizonne flows southwestward through the northern part of the commune and forms part of its western border.
Population
Historical populations 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
Categories:- Communes of Dordogne
- Dordogne geography stubs
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