Montignac-Lascaux

Montignac-Lascaux
Montignac-Lascaux
Commune
	Chateau of Coulonges
	Coat of arms
	Location of Montignac-Lascaux
	Montignac-Lascaux Montignac-Lascaux
	Coordinates: 45°04′03″N 1°09′44″E / 45.0675°N 1.1622°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Sarlat-la-Canéda
Canton	Vallée de l'Homme
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurent Mathieu
Area 1	37.15 km2 (14.34 sq mi)
Population (2021)	2,759
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	24291 /24290
Elevation	73–273 m (240–896 ft) ; (avg. 77 m or 253 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montignac-Lascaux (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tiɲak lasko]; Limousin: Montinhac or Montinhac de Las Caus; before 2020: Montignac,^[3] also called Montignac-sur-Vézère), is a commune in the Dordogne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Southwestern France. It is a small town situated on the Vézère river and has been the capital of the canton of Montignac since 1790. In 2015 it became the capital of the newly created Canton de la Vallée de l'Homme.^[4] The poet Pierre Lachambeaudie (1806–1872) was born in the village.

^ "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.
^ Décret n° 2020-175 26 February 2020 (in French)
^ "Décret no 2014-218 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Dordogne" [Decree no 2014-218 of February 21, 2014 delimiting the cantons in the Dordogne department]. Légifrance. Retrieved 6 October 2015.