Dordogne department

Dordogne
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
prefecture	Périgueux
Sub-prefecture (s)	Bergerac ; Nontron ; Sarlat-la-Canéda
Residents	413,606 (Jan 1, 2017)
Population density	46 inhabitants per km²
surface	9,060.16 km²
Arrondissements	4th
Community associations	22nd
Cantons	25th
Communities	505
President of the ; Department Council	Germinal Peiro
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-24
	; Location of the department of Dordogne in the ; region Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The Dordogne [ dɔʁdɔɲ ] is the French department of 24 with the ordinal number It is located in the southwest of the country, in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine and is named after the river Dordogne named.

geography

The department is located in the east of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . It borders in the northwest on the Charente-Maritime and Charente departments , in the northeast on the Haute-Vienne and Corrèze departments , in the southeast on the Lot department of the Occitania region and within the region in the south on the Lot-et-Garonne department and in the southwest to the Gironde department .

The most important river is the eponymous Dordogne , which crosses the southern part of the department from east to west and flows through its second largest city, Bergerac . Coming from the northeast through the capital Périgueux and further west the Isle runs . As another right tributary of the Dordogne, the Vézère reaches the department in the east, then runs in a south-westerly direction and flows into the main river in Limeuil .

The north of the department is part of the Périgord-Limousin Regional Nature Park .

coat of arms

Three golden, blue-tongued and equally crowned (2: 1) standing lions in red .

history

The department was formed during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790 from most of the then existing province of Périgord . It was divided into nine districts (French: district), the forerunners of the arrondissements . The districts were Bergerac, Belvès, Excideuil, Montignac, Mussidan, Nontron, Périgueux, Ribérac and Sarlat. The department and the districts were divided into 72 cantons and in 1791 had 433,343 inhabitants. The capital was Périgueux , initially planned to alternate with Bergerac and Sarlat, but this was shelved in the same year.

The arrondissements were established on February 17, 1800. They were Bergerac , Nontron , Périgueux , Ribérac and Sarlat .

On September 10, 1926, the Arrondissement Ribérac was dissolved and integrated into the Arrondissement Périgueux.

When Sarlat and La Canéda were merged on March 1, 1965, the arrondissement was also renamed Sarlat-la-Canéda.

From 1960 to 2015 it belonged to the Aquitaine region , which in 2016 became part of the Nouvelle Aquitaine region.

Cities

The most populous municipalities in the Dordogne department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Périgueux	29,966	Périgueux
Bergerac	26,833	Bergerac
Boulazac	10,635	Périgueux
Sarlat-la-Canéda	8,869	Sarlat-la-Canéda
Coulounieix-Chamiers	7,703	Périgueux
Trélissac	6,658	Périgueux
Terrasson-Lavilledieu	6,202	Sarlat-la-Canéda
Saint-Astier	5,492	Périgueux
Montpon-Ménestérol	5,498	Périgueux

Administrative division

Communes and arrondissements in the Dordogne department

The Dordogne department is divided into 4 arrondissements , 25 cantons and 505 communes :

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Bergerac	7th	130	000000000102452.0000000000102,452	1,819.86	000000000000056.000000000056	241
Nontron	4th	94	000000000054425.000000000054,425	2,097.70	000000000000026.000000000026th	242
Périgueux	14th	143	000000000175216.0000000000175.216	2,869.33	000000000000061.000000000061	243
Sarlat-la-Canéda	6th	138	000000000081513.000000000081,513	2,273.27	000000000000036.000000000036	244
Dordogne department	25th	505	000000000413606.0000000000413,606	9,060.16	000000000000046.000000000046	24