Origin of name: According to A. Dauzat name Bertignat surname comes from the Gallic suffix Bertinius more acum. Residents are Bertignatois.
This large common limited by Dore is a relatively hilly territory.
Bertignat was part of the lordship of Boutonnargues, its center was a castle overlooking the Dore, of which only a few ruins. She belonged to the powerful long family Montboissier. For then by marriage, inheritance or sale of many owners. At the end of the 18th century it belonged to a branch of the family d'Estaing.
