Maisonnais-sur-Tardoire
Maisonnais-sur-Tardoire (French pronunciation: [mɛzɔnɛ syʁ taʁdwaʁ], literally Maisonnais on Tardoire; Occitan: Maisonès) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.
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The main square in Maisonnais-sur-Tardoire | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Maisonnais-sur-Tardoire | |
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| Coordinates: 45°42′47″N 0°41′26″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Haute-Vienne |
| Arrondissement | Rochechouart |
| Canton | Rochechouart |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Raoul Rechignac[1] |
| Area 1 | 31.89 km2 (12.31 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 381 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (31/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 87091 /87440 |
| Elevation | 165–306 m (541–1,004 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Tourism
It is a pretty little village with a sixteenth-century church that has a square steeple. It also has a village shop, a school, a town hall, a small post office and a cemetery.
It is 6 kilometres from the nearest small town, Saint-Mathieu which has a variety of shops and bars and a tennis court, as well as a swimming lake.
It is central to three capital cities, Angoulème the capital of the Charente, with its famous cartoon museum; Limoges the capital of the Limousin, famous for its history of porcelain manufacture and Périgueux the capital of the Périgord.
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.