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Montbron Montbron | |
| Coordinates: 45°40′05″N 0°30′06″E / 45.6681°N 0.5017°E / 45.6681; 0.5017 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Charente |
| Arrondissement | Angoulême |
| Canton | Val de Tardoire |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Gwenhaël François1 |
Area 1 | 43.34 km2 (16.73 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)2 | 2,000 |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 16223 /16220 |
| Elevation | 95–287 m (312–942 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Montbron (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃bʁɔ̃]; Limousin: Montberol) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France on the Tardoire river.
François Victor Alphonse Aulard (1849–1928) was born in Montbron.3 He was the first professional French historian of the French Revolution and of Napoleon.
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References
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.
- Bémont, Charles (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 916.
- Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Montbron, EHESS (in French).
- Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE