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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Dordogne | |
| Arrondissement | Périgueux | |
| Canton | Coulounieix-Chamiers | |
| Community association | Le Grand Périgueux | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 12 ′ N , 0 ° 40 ′ E | |
| height | 73-198 m | |
| surface | 16.23 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,262 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 263 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 24650 | |
| INSEE code | 24102 | |
| Website | http://www.chancelade.fr/ | |
 Tower at Reynats Castle in Chancelade |
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Chancelade ( Occitan : Chancelada ) is a French municipality with 4262 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Périgueux and the canton of Coulounieix-Chamiers . The inhabitants are called Chanceladais .
geography
Chancelade is located on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, the Via Lemovicensis , one of the four historic " routes of the pilgrims in France ". The municipality is traversed by the Beauronne, which flows a little further south into the Isle , which also represents the southwestern municipality boundary. Chancelade is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Château-l'Évêque in the northeast, Périgueux in the southeast, Marsac-sur-l'Isle in the south, Annesse-et-Beaulieu in the southwest and La Chapelle-Gonaguet in the northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 1,780 | 2.002 | 2,420 | 3,297 | 3,718 | 3,865 | 4.126 | 4,258 |
Attractions
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Notre-Dame de Chancelade Abbey , founded in the 12th century, destroyed by the Protestants in the 16th century and later rebuilt. Other sacred buildings belong to the area of the abbey:
- Notre-Dame church
- Saint-Jean chapel
- Abri von Raymonden , inhabited in the Neolithic (the skeleton found was assigned to the Cro-Magnon man) and a refuge of numerous artefacts, example of Franco-Cantabrian cave art , monument historique since 1926
- Reynats Castle and Tower
- so-called Castel Keruel
- Chilhaud aux Andrivaux estate, former headquarters of the Knights Templar
Notre-Dame Abbey in Chancelade
Reynats Castle
Castel Keruel
Former Templar Command in Andrivaux
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