Bassillac
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| local community | Bassillac and Auberoche | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Dordogne | |
| Arrondissement | Périgueux | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 11 ′ N , 0 ° 49 ′ E | |
| Post Code | 24330 | |
| Former INSEE code | 24026 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://commune-bassillac.fr | |
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Basillac (until 2002: Bassilac ; Occitan : Bassilhac ) is a town and commune Déléguée in the French municipality of Bassillac et Auberoche with 1,936 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
With effect from January 1, 2017, Basillac was merged with Eyliac , Milhac-d'Auberoche , Saint-Antoine-d'Auberoche , Blis-et-Born and Le Change to form the Commune nouvelle Bassillac et Auberoche and has since had the status of a Commune déléguée . The municipality of Basillac was part of the Arrondissement of Périgueux and the canton of Isle-Manoire (until 2015: canton of Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac ).
geography
Bassillac is about seven kilometers east of the city center of Périgueux . The river Isle runs to the north . Bassillac is surrounded by the neighboring communities Antonne-et-Trigonant in the north, Escoire in the north and north-east, Le Change in the north-east, Eyliac in the south and east, Saint-Laurent-sur-Manoire in the south and south-west, Boulazac in the west and Trélissac in the north-west .
The A89 car route runs along the southern edge of the municipality . The Périgueux airport is located in the municipal area.
Population development of the former municipality
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 506 | 512 | 701 | 1,297 | 1,541 | 1,755 | 1,735 | 1,791 |
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Attractions
- Invention-de-Saint-Étienne church, Romanesque building from the 16th century
- Rognac moated castle in the Isle from the 16th and 17th centuries
- Goudeau Castle
- Meycourby cave with dovecote
- Pigeon house in Meycourbie
Invention-de-Saint-Etienne church
Rognac moated castle
Goudeau Castle
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Personalities
- Georges Bonnet (1889–1973), politician, minister of justice (1939/40) and foreign minister (1938/39)
