Lessac

Lessac is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. About three kilometers north of the town center is the Domaine de Boisbuchet with the Château de Boisbuchet, built in 1865 on a hill above the Vienne. The castle and the approximately 150 hectare estate were bought in 1989 by the German art collector Alexander von Vegesack, curator and director of the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, to use it during the summer months for workshops for artists, designers, architects and students.[2]

Lessac
Commune
The church in Lessac
Location of Lessac
Lessac Lessac
Coordinates: 46°04′09″N 0°40′36″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Vienne
Intercommunality	Confolentais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Éric Pinaud
Area ^1	34.14 km^2 (13.18 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	535
• Density	16/km^2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16181 /16500
Elevation	122–232 m (400–761 ft) (avg. 132 m or 433 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The Vienne forms most of the commune's eastern border.

Domaine de Boisbuchet

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	976	—
1800	759	−22.2%
1806	773	+1.8%
1821	817	+5.7%
1831	890	+8.9%
1841	888	−0.2%
1846	948	+6.8%
1851	899	−5.2%
1856	932	+3.7%
1861	938	+0.6%
1866	937	−0.1%
1872	985	+5.1%
1876	939	−4.7%
1881	930	−1.0%
1886	957	+2.9%
1891	979	+2.3%
1896	984	+0.5%
1901	1,027	+4.4%
1906	1,012	−1.5%
1911	1,044	+3.2%
1921	988	−5.4%
1926	881	−10.8%
1931	773	−12.3%
1936	753	−2.6%
1946	766	+1.7%
1954	757	−1.2%
1962	657	−13.2%
1968	648	−1.4%
1975	591	−8.8%
1982	587	−0.7%
1990	586	−0.2%
1999	531	−9.4%
2008	588	+10.7%

In the Boisbuchet Architectural Park[3] there are a number of experimental buildings, including:

The Japanese guest house / La maison d’hôtes japonaise (built in Japan in 1860 and newly assembled in Boisbuchet)

The paper pavilion / Le pavillon de papier (Shigeru Ban, Japan)

The dome made of bamboo and fiberglass / Le dôme en bambou et en fiber de verre (Jörg Schlaich)

The Manege / Le Manège (Markus Heinsdorff)

The log cabin / La cabane (Brückner & Brückner Architects [4]

The Bamboo House and the Conference Pavilion (Simón Vélez, Colombia)

The pyramid / La Pyramide (Brückner & Brückner)

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. von Homeyer, Alexander (July 1865). "An der Prosna". Journal für Ornithologie. 13 (4): 248–255. doi:10.1007/bf02261120. ISSN 0021-8375.
3. "6. Vom Helden der liegen und Triegen anvienc", Noch nicht genug der Vorrede, DE GRUYTER, 1996, doi:10.1515/9783110239614.142, ISBN 978-3-11-023961-4
4. "6. Vom Helden der liegen und Triegen anvienc", Noch nicht genug der Vorrede, DE GRUYTER, 1996, doi:10.1515/9783110239614.142, ISBN 978-3-11-023961-4