Polignac, Haute-Loire

Polignac
Polignac
Commune
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Polignac
	Polignac Location within France Polignac Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
	Coordinates: 45°04′14″N 3°51′37″E / 45.0706°N 3.8603°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Le Puy-en-Velay
Canton	Le Puy-en-Velay-2
Intercommunality	CA du Puy-en-Velay
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Paul Vigouroux
Area 1	33.05 km2 (12.76 sq mi)
Population (2023)	2,819
• Density	85.30/km2 (220.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43152 /43000
Elevation	562–892 m (1,844–2,927 ft) ; (avg. 740 m or 2,430 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Polignac (French pronunciation: [pɔliɲak]; Occitan: 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.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,954	—
1821	2,131	+0.31%
1846	2,094	−0.07%
1872	2,274	+0.32%
1901	2,574	+0.43%
1926	2,092	−0.83%
1946	1,569	−1.43%
1962	1,257	−1.38%
1968	1,407	+1.90%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1975	1,709	+2.82%
1982	2,003	+2.29%
1990	2,384	+2.20%
1999	2,602	+0.98%
2007	2,785	+0.85%
2012	2,817	+0.23%
2017	2,814	−0.02%
2023	2,819	+0.03%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2023)^[4]

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).^[5]

References

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Polignac, EHESS (in French).
↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
↑ Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1836). "poetical illustration". Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837. Fisher, Son & Co. p. 30.Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1836). "picture". Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837. Fisher, Son & Co.

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[2] "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.

[ehess-3] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Polignac, EHESS (in French).

[pophist-4] Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE

[5] Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1836). "poetical illustration". Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837. Fisher, Son & Co. p. 30.Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1836). "picture". Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837. Fisher, Son & Co.

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