Monflanquin

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

(2020–2026) Nathalie Founaud-Veysset^[1]Area62.21 km² (24.02 sq mi)Population2,350 • Density38/km² (98/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation64–207 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.

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[3]

Notable people

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

See also

• Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department

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