La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois | |
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The town hall in La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois | |
Coordinates: 45°44′29″N 0°23′14″E / 45.7414°N 0.3872°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Charente |
Arrondissement | Angoulême |
Canton | Val de Tardoire |
Intercommunality | La Rochefoucauld - Porte du Périgord |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean Louis Marsaud[1] |
Area 1 | 24.15 km2 (9.32 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[2] | 4,020 |
• Density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 16281 /16110 |
Elevation | 75–136 m (246–446 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois (French pronunciation: [la ʁɔʃfuko ɑ̃.n‿ɑ̃ɡumwa], literally La Rochefoucauld in Angoumois; Occitan: La Ròcha Focaud d'Engolmés) is a commune in the department of Charente, southwestern France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of La Rochefoucauld (the seat) and Saint-Projet-Saint-Constant.[3]
In February 2021, speleologists explored a kilometre-long sepulchral cave containing numerous ceramics and a dozen human skulls. The site, located in the commune, was occupied for more than a millennium during the Bronze Age, until about 900 BC.[4]