Moncontour, Vienne

Moncontour
Commune
The village of Moncontour
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 46°52′57″N 0°00′57″W / 46.8825°N 0.0158°W / 46.8825; -0.0158Coordinates: 46°52′57″N 0°00′57″W / 46.8825°N 0.0158°W / 46.8825; -0.0158
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Vienne
Arrondissement	Châtellerault
Canton	Loudun
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Édouard Renaud
Area 1	41.06 km2 (15.85 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	990
• Density	24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	86161 /86330
Elevation	51–115 m (167–377 ft) (avg. 70 m or 230 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Moncontour (French pronunciation: ​[mɔ̃kɔ̃tuʁ]) is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

It was the site of the Battle of Moncontour in 1569.

The composer Raymond Vaillant was born here on 21 January 1935.

Demographics[]

Sites and monuments[]

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  Moncontour dungeon

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  Lake of Moncontour

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  Recreation spot, built in 2006

See also[]

• Communes of the Vienne department

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moncontour (Vienne).

• (in French) Mayor's Office
• (in French) Communauté de Communes du Pays Loudunais - CCPL
• (in French) Aerial view of Moncontour.
• (in French) EXO Active Park
• (in French) http://www.moncontour-active-park.fr