Monflanquin
Appearance
Monflanquin | |
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![]() A general view of Monflanquin | |
Coordinates: 44°31′59″N 0°46′07″E / 44.5331°N 0.7686°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Lot-et-Garonne |
Arrondissement | Villeneuve-sur-Lot |
Canton | Le Haut agenais Périgord |
Intercommunality | Bastides en Haut-Agenais Périgord |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Nathalie Founaud-Veysset[1] |
Area 1 | 62.21 km2 (24.02 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 2,350 |
• Density | 38/km2 (98/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 47175 /47150 |
Elevation | 64–207 m (210–679 ft) (avg. 181 m or 594 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Monflanquin (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃flɑ̃kɛ̃]; Languedocien: Montflanquin) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. Built in 1256 as a military bastide town on a strategic north-south route, it changed hands several times during the Hundred Years' War.
The village is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France") association.
Demography
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 2,354 | — |
1975 | 2,368 | +0.08% |
1982 | 2,356 | −0.07% |
1990 | 2,431 | +0.39% |
1999 | 2,258 | −0.82% |
2007 | 2,342 | +0.46% |
2012 | 2,345 | +0.03% |
2017 | 2,313 | −0.27% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Notable people
[edit]- Louis Couffignal (1902–1966), mathematician and cybernetics pioneer
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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