Antignac, Cantal
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antignac (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃tiɲak]; Occitan: Antinhac) is a commune in the Cantal department in the Auvergne region of south-central France.
Antignac | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 45°20′35″N 2°32′46″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Cantal |
Arrondissement | Mauriac |
Canton | Ydes |
Intercommunality | Sumène Artense |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Stéphane Briant[1] |
Area 1 | 16.02 km2 (6.19 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 283 |
• Density | 18/km2 (46/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 15008 /15240 |
Elevation | 468–928 m (1,535–3,045 ft) (avg. 495 m or 1,624 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Antignac lies in the valley of the Sumène some 80 km south-west of Clermont-Ferrand and 10 km north-west of Riom-ès-Montagnes[3] in the Canton of Saignes. Access to the commune is by road D3 from Riom-ès-Montagnes in the south-east continuing west to join the D922.
Antignac is the main village in the commune which includes 25 other hamlets and localities:
The river Rhue forms all of the commune's northern border.
List of Successive Mayors[4]
From | To | Name | Party |
---|---|---|---|
1798 | 1799 | Jean-Baptiste Dubois | |
1799 | 1817 | Jean-François Dubois | |
1817 | 1847 | Louis Armand | |
1847 | 1848 | Pierre Brun | |
1848 | 1864 | Louis François Armand | |
1864 | 1881 | Jean-Baptiste Tournadre | |
1881 | 1897 | Paul-Antoine Mirande | |
1897 | 1919 | Gabriel Félix Duc | |
1919 | 1942 | Jean 'Eugène' Breton | |
1942 | 1953 | Pierre Chanut | |
1953 | 1983 | Roger Laboureix | |
1983 | 1990 | Claude Favory | |
1990 | 1995 | Charles Vayssier | |
1995 | 2001 | Claude Chanet | |
2001 | 2026 | Stéphane Briant | UDF then UDI then LREM |
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Antignacois or Antignacoises in French.[5]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1968 | 439 | — |
1975 | 361 | −2.76% |
1982 | 305 | −2.38% |
1990 | 335 | +1.18% |
1999 | 292 | −1.51% |
2007 | 277 | −0.66% |
2012 | 287 | +0.71% |
2017 | 281 | −0.42% |
Source: INSEE[6] |
The commune has many buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
The Town Hall contains a War Memorial (1924) that is registered as an historical object.[18]
The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
Two sites are registered as historical monuments:
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.