Lessac

Lessac (French pronunciation: [lesak]) 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.^{[citation needed]}

Lessac
Commune
The church in Lessac
Location of Lessac
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Coordinates: 46°04′09″N 0°40′36″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Vienne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Éric Pinaud[1]
Area 1	34.14 km2 (13.18 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	534
• Density	16/km2 (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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	648	—
1975	591	−1.31%
1982	587	−0.10%
1990	586	−0.02%
1999	531	−1.09%
2009	588	+1.02%
2014	557	−1.08%
2020	521	−1.11%
Source: INSEE[3]

Domaine de Boisbuchet

In the Boisbuchet Architectural Park there are a number of experimental buildings, including:^{[citation needed]}

• 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
• The Bamboo House and the Conference Pavilion (Simón Vélez, Colombia)
• The pyramid / La Pyramide (Brückner & Brückner)

See also

• Communes of the Charente department