Montmoreau-Saint-Cybard

Montmoreau-Saint-Cybard is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Montmoreau.[2]

Montmoreau-Saint-Cybard
Part of Montmoreau
Coat of arms
Location of Montmoreau-Saint-Cybard
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Coordinates: 45°24′00″N 0°07′54″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Tude-et-Lavalette
Commune	Montmoreau
Area ^1	12.00 km^2 (4.63 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	1,075
• Density	90/km^2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	16190
Elevation	71–182 m (233–597 ft) (avg. 82 m or 269 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The town is overlooked by a castle that dates from the Middle Ages, and a chapel within its gardens is classified as a historic monument.[3] While its walls date from the eleventh century, the castle was destroyed during the Hundred Years War. Today only a large gate remains of the original; the current castle was built in the 15th century in the form of a manor within the old walls. The Church of Saint-Denis, which was restored starting in the 19th century, dates from the 12th.[4]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 383 —     1800 411 +7.3% 1806 429 +4.4% 1821 448 +4.4% 1831 456 +1.8% 1841 535 +17.3% 1846 591 +10.5% 1851 649 +9.8% 1856 675 +4.0% 1861 701 +3.9% 1866 699 −0.3% 1872 771 +10.3% 1876 785 +1.8% 1881 791 +0.8% 1886 797 +0.8% 1891 736 −7.7% 1896 743 +1.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 780 +5.0% 1906 834 +6.9% 1911 882 +5.8% 1921 769 −12.8% 1926 800 +4.0% 1931 732 −8.5% 1936 721 −1.5% 1946 754 +4.6% 1954 772 +2.4% 1962 842 +9.1% 1968 1,099 +30.5% 1975 1,177 +7.1% 1982 1,179 +0.2% 1990 1,120 −5.0% 1999 1,052 −6.1% 2008 1,062 +1.0%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 29 June 2016 (in French)
3. Base Mérimée: Château, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
4. Base Mérimée: Eglise Saint-Denis, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)