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'Polignac' is the name of several communes in France:

★ Polignac, in the Charente-Maritime ''département''

★ Polignac, in the Haute-Loire ''département'', dominated by the fortress Château de Polignac with its square ''donjon'' tower, 32 m tall.
'Polignac' is the name of the famous noble French family that take their name from the Château of Polignac, of which they have been ''sieurs'' since Carolingian times.

★ Gabrielle de Polastron, comtesse de Polignac

★ Jules, prince de Polignac, 1780 – 1847, promulgator of the July Ordinances

★ Melchior de Polignac, 1661-1742, French diplomat, Roman Catholic cardinal and neo-Latin poet.

★ Pierre de Polignac, 1895 – 1964

★ Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac [1], Confederate general at the Battle of Sabine Crossroads, 1832-1913

★ Winnaretta Singer, princess Edmond de Polignac, 1865 – 1943

★ Prince Edmond de Polignac, 1834 – 1901
'Polignac' is also a French card game for four players.