Jurignac

Jurignac
Part of Val-des-Vignes
Town hall Town hall
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Angoulême
Canton	Blanzac-Porcheresse
Commune	Val-des-Vignes
Area 1	16.00 km2 (6.18 sq mi)
Population  (2018)	641
• Density	40.1/km2 (104/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	16250
Elevation	50–141 m (164–463 ft) (avg. 130 m or 430 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Jurignac (French pronunciation: [ʒyʁiɲak]) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Val-des-Vignes.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	497	—
1800	679	+36.6%
1806	649	−4.4%
1821	685	+5.5%
1831	811	+18.4%
1841	796	−1.8%
1846	803	+0.9%
1851	854	+6.4%
1856	802	−6.1%
1861	878	+9.5%
1866	886	+0.9%
1872	850	−4.1%
1876	820	−3.5%
1881	745	−9.1%
1886	659	−11.5%
1891	625	−5.2%
1896	642	+2.7%

Year	Pop.	±%
1901	619	−3.6%
1906	591	−4.5%
1911	650	+10.0%
1921	594	−8.6%
1926	554	−6.7%
1931	540	−2.5%
1936	541	+0.2%
1946	538	−0.6%
1954	557	+3.5%
1962	545	−2.2%
1968	523	−4.0%
1975	552	+5.5%
1982	499	−9.6%
1990	539	+8.0%
1999	501	−7.1%
2008	524	+4.6%

Sights

The commune contains the distillery of the cognac Andre Duclos, a building from the late nineteenth century which is now a music hall. It is the only listed building in the commune. St. Peter's Church is the main place of worship.

See also

• Communes of the Charente department