Lusignan, Vienne

Lusignan
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Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Vienne
Arrondissement	Poitiers
Canton	Lusignan
Intercommunality	Pays Mélusin
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	René Gibault
Area1	37.82 km2 (14.60 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	2,622
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	86139 / 86600
Elevation	99–159 m (325–522 ft); (avg. 132 m or 433 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.

Lusignan is a commune in the Vienne department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France. It lies 25 km southwest of Poitiers. The inhabitants are called Mélusins and Mélusines.

Geography

The town of Lusignan now has about 3,000 inhabitants. It is located on the road RN11 from Poitiers to La Rochelle. It is about 400 km from Paris.

River: La Vonne