Polignac, Haute-Loire

Polignac is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France,

Polignac
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Polignac
Polignac Polignac
Coordinates: 45°04′14″N 3°51′37″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Le Puy-en-Velay
Canton	Le Puy-en-Velay-2
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Paul Vigouroux
Area ^1	33.05 km^2 (12.76 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	2,814
• Density	85/km^2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43152 /43000
Elevation	562–892 m (1,844–2,927 ft) (avg. 740 m or 2,430 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,954	—
1806	2,319	+18.7%
1821	2,131	−8.1%
1831	2,093	−1.8%
1841	2,134	+2.0%
1851	2,258	+5.8%
1861	2,305	+2.1%
1872	2,274	−1.3%
1881	2,709	+19.1%
1891	2,683	−1.0%
1901	2,574	−4.1%
1911	2,511	−2.4%
1921	2,505	−0.2%
1931	2,085	−16.8%
1946	1,569	−24.7%
1954	1,347	−14.1%
1962	1,257	−6.7%
1968	1,407	+11.9%
1975	1,709	+21.5%
1982	2,003	+17.2%
1990	2,384	+19.0%
1999	2,602	+9.1%
2009	2,782	+6.9%
2017	2,814	+1.2%

Sights

The town is dominated by the Forteresse de Polignac with its square donjon tower, 32 m tall. The Chateau de Lavoute Polignac is a few miles away, close to the village of Lavoute.

Popular culture

The poem "The Church at Polignac" by Letitia Elizabeth Landon was written during the imprisonment of Prince Polignac and his colleagues, after the French Revolution of 1830.

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.