Lalinde

Lalinde ; La Linda
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Bergerac
Canton	Lalinde (main town)
Community association	Bastides Dordogne-Périgord
Coordinates	44 ° 50 ′ N , 0 ° 44 ′ E Coordinates: 44 ° 50 ′ N , 0 ° 44 ′ E
height	25-194 m
surface	27.7 km 2
Residents	2,794 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	101 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	24150
INSEE code	24223
Website	http://www.ville-lalinde.fr/
	; Lalinde Town Hall

Lalinde ( Occitan : La Linda ) is a French municipality with 2794 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Lalinde belongs to the Arrondissement of Bergerac and is the main town (chef-lieu) of the canton of Lalinde .

geography

Lalinde is located about 20 kilometers east of Bergerac on the River Dordogne and the parallel former shipping canal Canal de Lalinde . Lalinde is surrounded by the neighboring communities Pressignac-Vicq in the north, Mauzac-et-Grand-Castang in the east, Badefols-sur-Dordogne in the southeast, Pontours in the south, Couze-et-Saint-Front in the southwest and Baneuil in the west.

The former Route nationale 703 runs through the municipality .

history

According to the Peutinger table, the village goes back to the Gallo-Roman settlement of Diolindum. Lalinde was the first English bastide founded in 1267. The place was devastated in the Hundred Years War. In 1794 the towns of Drayaux and Sainte-Colombe were incorporated. On June 21, 1944, the Germans carried out a massacre in revenge against the Resistance.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
Residents	3,150	3,291	3,070	2,949	3,029	2,966	2,938	2,953

Attractions

Lalinde cave (Grotte de la Roche) with depictions of women
Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens church, built 1899–1902 on the site of the earlier Romanesque church of Saint-Pierre du Pin from the 12th century
Sainte-Colombe church from the 12th century, monument historique since 2002
Drayaux Church, built in the 19th century
Remains of the fortifications of the Bastide on the Dordogne, Monument historique since 1946
Lalinde Castle, documented since the 13th century, part of the bastide, completely redesigned in the 19th century
La Finou Castle (also Laffinoux Castle ), built in the 15th century, rebuilt in the 18th century, monument historique since 1948
La Rue Castle in Drayaux, built in the 13th century on an earlier hill fort, rebuilt in the 16th century, monument historique since 1948
Sauvebœuf Castle from the 14th / 16th centuries century
Les Landes castle in Sainte-Colombe from the 17th and 18th centuries
Market hall
town hall
Lock system on the Canal de Lalinde