La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois (, literally ''La Rochefoucauld in
Angoumois
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Charente
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, southwestern
France
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. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of La Rochefoucauld (the seat) and Saint-Projet-Saint-Constant.
In February 2021, speleologists explored a kilometre-long sepulchral cave containing numerous ceramics and a dozen human skulls. The site, located in the commune, was occupied for more than a millennium during the
Bronze Age
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