Lusignan (Vienne)

Lusignan is a commune with 2633 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the department of Vienne in the Poitou -Charentes; it belongs to the district of Poitiers and the canton of Lusignan. The place is located about 25 km southwest of Poitiers, at the bank of river Vonne. The inhabitants are called Lusignans Mélusins ​​or Melusine.

Demographics

Attractions

  • The castle of Lusignan, the largest medieval fortress of France, is only preserved as a ruin.
  • The Romanesque church of Notre Dame et Saint- Junien was built primarily from 1024 to 1110 and supplemented by a southern porch in the 15th century.

Partnerships

Lusignan is connected through community partnerships since 1976 with the German community Altusried in the Allgäu region of Bavaria since 1997 with Lefkara in Cyprus, about 40 km southwest of Nicosia. Lusignan has a special relationship with Cyprus, as the first ruler of the Kingdom of Cyprus Guy of Lusignan was. This had been King of Jerusalem and bought the island in 1192 by Richard the Lionheart, who had conquered on the 3rd Crusade the island.

For the French commune of L' Hôpital (Moselle), there are friendly relations. The inhabitants of these lying directly on the border with Germany congregation were evacuated at the beginning of World War II after Lusignan.

Personalities

  • The noble family of Lusignan is also associated with the legendary medieval figure of Melusine.
  • Jacques Babinet (1794-1872) physicist
  • André Léo (1824-1900) writer, journalist and feminist

Others

Lusignan is located on Via Turonensis, the northernmost Camino de Santiago in France.

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