Monflanquin

Monflanquin
Commune
A general view of Monflanquin A general view of Monflanquin
Coat of arms of Monflanquin Coat of arms
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement	Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Canton	Le Haut agenais Périgord
Intercommunality	Bastides en Haut-Agenais Périgord
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nathalie Founaud-Veysset
Area1	62.21 km2 (24.02 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2
INSEE/Postal code	47175 / 47150
Elevation	64–207 m (210–679 ft) (avg. 181 m or 594 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Monflanquin (French pronunciation: ​[mɔ̃flɑ̃kɛ̃]; Languedocien: Montflanquin) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. Built in 1256 as a military bastide town on a strategic north-south route, it changed hands several times during the Hundred Years' War.

The village is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France") association.

Demography

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,354	—
1975	2,368	+0.08%
1982	2,356	−0.07%
1990	2,431	+0.39%
1999	2,258	−0.82%
2007	2,342	+0.46%
2012	2,345	+0.03%
2017	2,313	−0.27%
Source: INSEE

Notable people

• Louis Couffignal (1902-1966), mathematician and cybernetics pioneer

See also

• Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department

External links

• Monflanquin bastide modèle - Georges Odo