Ensigné

Ensigné
Commune
The commandry
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Coordinates: 46°05′19″N 0°14′35″W / 46.0886°N 0.2431°W / 46.0886; -0.2431Coordinates: 46°05′19″N 0°14′35″W / 46.0886°N 0.2431°W / 46.0886; -0.2431
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement	Niort
Canton	Mignon-et-Boutonne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Belaud[1]
Area 1	20.30 km2 (7.84 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	287
• Density	14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	79111 /79170
Elevation	55–149 m (180–489 ft) (avg. 413 m or 1,355 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ensigné is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

Geography[]

The surrounding countryside is densely wooded. The village is close to the forest of Ensigné and of Aulnay.

The kindergarten and primary school have been merged with those of Asnières-en-Poitou and Paizay-le-Chapt, none of the three individual villages having a population above 300 by the start of the twenty-first century.

History[]

The history of the village is closely linked to that of the Knights Templar. Ensigné contains a Templar command post comprising fortifications, a chapel and a castle. Today the site is privately owned: the castle itself is in a ruined condition, but two separate properties have been created from the part including the former chapel.

See also[]

• Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department

References[]

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