La Roche-Chalais
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Dordogne | |
| Arrondissement | Périgueux | |
| Canton | Montpon-Ménestérol | |
| Community association | Pays de Saint-Aulaye | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 9 ′ N , 0 ° 1 ′ E | |
| height | 12-126 m | |
| surface | 89.4 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,999 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 34 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 24490 | |
| INSEE code | 24354 | |
| Website | http://www.larochechalais.com/ | |
 La Roche-Chalais town hall |
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La Roche-Chalais is a French commune with 2,999 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 Montpon-Ménestérol .
geography
La Roche-Chalais is the westernmost municipality in the Dordogne department. It borders the Gironde (south) and Charente-Maritime (west) departments and lies on the Dronne River . La Roche-Chalais is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Parcoul-Chenaud in the north, Saint Aulaye-Puymangou in the north and north-east, Servanches in the east, Eygurande-et-Gardedeuil and Saint-Antoine-sur-l'Isle in the south-east, Saint-Christophe- de-Double in the south, Les Églisottes-et-Chalaures in the south-west, La Barde in the west and south-west and Saint-Aigulin in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1,254 | 1,379 | 2,997 | 2,951 | 2,860 | 2,801 | 2,765 | 2,913 |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame de l'Assomption church, built between 1868 and 1871 in neo-Gothic style
- protestant church
- Old castle
- La Valouze Castle, built for Gustave Arlot de Saint-Saud in 1861
- Mill on the Dronne, built between 1785 and 1787
- Maison La Moulinasse
Personalities
- Jean-Baptiste-Amédée Georges-Massonnais (1805–1860), Bishop of Périgueux
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