Polignac, Haute-Loire Explained

Polignac
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason famille Polignac.svg
Arrondissement:Le Puy-en-Velay
Canton:Le Puy-en-Velay-2
Intercommunality:CA du Puy-en-Velay
Mayor:Jean-Paul Vigouroux[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Coordinates:45.0706°N 3.8603°W
Elevation M:740
Elevation Min M:562
Elevation Max M:892
Area Km2:33.05
Insee:43152
Postal Code:43000
Image Flag:Flag of Polignac.svg

Polignac (pronounced as /fr/; oc|Panhac) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association.

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.

Art and literature

The poetical illustration "The Church at Polignac" by Letitia Elizabeth Landon to a painting by James Duffield Harding was written during the imprisonment of Prince Polignac and his colleagues, after the French Revolution of 1830 (in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837).[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. Book: Landon, Letitia Elizabeth. Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837. poetical illustration. 1836. Fisher, Son & Co.. Book: Landon, Letitia Elizabeth. Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837. picture. 1836. Fisher, Son & Co..