Bourdeilles

Bourdeilles is a French municipality with 743 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the north of the department Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Nontron and the canton of Brantôme . The inhabitants are called Bourdeillais .

geography

Bourdeilles is located 19 kilometers north-northwest of Périgueux in the Périgord on the Boulou , which flows into the Dronne here . Bourdeilles is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Julien-de-Bourdeilles in the north, Brantôme en Périgord in the north-east, Biras in the south-east, Bussac and Lisle in the south, Grand-Brassac in the south-west, Creyssac in the west and Paussac-et-Saint-Vivien in the West and northwest.

The caves near Bourdeilles, especially the Fourneau du Diable cave , show the well-known Franco-Cantabrian cave art from the Magdalenian period .

Bourdeilles was one of the four baronies in the Périgord in the 10th century. Edward I expanded Bourdeilles Castle further.

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Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens (Petri Chains) church from the 15th century
Notre-Dame chapel from the 17th century
old Saint-Jean chapel from the 15th century, now a residential building
Bourdeilles castle and chateau from the middle of the 13th century (castle from the 15th century), Monument historique
Les Francilloux castle from the 19th century
Mazerat Castle from the 19th century
La Valade Castle from the 17th / 18th centuries Century with pigeon tower
Étourneau castle from the 13th century, alterations from the 16th century
Le Sénechal house from the 15th / 16th centuries Century, Monument historique
La Faurie mansion
La Rigeardie mansion with pigeon tower
Fonseigner mansion
caves