Montignac-Charente

Montignac-Charente
Part of La Boixe
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Montignac-Charente
Montignac-Charente Montignac-Charente
Coordinates: 45°47′03″N 0°07′32″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Boixe-et-Manslois
Commune	La Boixe
Area 1	8.63 km2 (3.33 sq mi)
Population  (2022)	699
• Density	81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	16330
Elevation	39–90 m (128–295 ft) (avg. 42 m or 138 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montignac-Charente (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tiɲak ʃaʁɑ̃t]) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It was merged with Vars to form La Boixe on 1 January 2025.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	608	—
1975	709	+2.22%
1982	772	+1.22%
1990	709	−1.06%
1999	701	−0.13%
2009	731	+0.42%
2014	712	−0.53%
2020	712	+0.00%
Source: INSEE

Sights and monuments

• Château de Montignac - keep and remains of an 11th-13th century castle, listed since 1962 as a monument historique by the Ministry of Culture.
• The bronze bell in the parish church of Notre-Dame weighs 200 kg and dates from 1666 and has been classified by the French Ministry of Culture as a monument historique since 1944. It is engraved:

SANCTA+MARIA+ORA+PRO+NOBIS+ME+FRANÇOIS CAZIER+PRETRE+CURE+DE L'EGLISE+DE+NOSTRE+DAME+DE+MONTIGNAC+CHARANTE+PARRIN+TRES+HAUT+TRES PUISSANT+ET+TRES ILLUSTRE+MESSIRE CHARLES+DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD+PAIR+DE+FRANCE+MARRINE+TRES HAUTE+ET+TRES PUISSANTE DAME AGNES+DUPLESSIS+DE+LEANCOURT+PRINCESSE+DE+MARSILLAC FABRICEURS+MES+CHARLES+THINON+ET PIERRE+PAPPOT
P.CHARPENTIER M'A FONDU EN 1666.

See also

• Communes of the Charente department