Notre-Dame-de-Sanilhac
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| local community | Sanilhac | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Dordogne | |
| Arrondissement | Périgueux | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 7 ' N , 0 ° 43' E | |
| Post Code | 24660 | |
| Former INSEE code | 24312 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
.JPG) Former monastery building |
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Notre-Dame-de-Sanilhac is a town and commune Déléguée in the French municipality of Sanilhac with 3,165 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
geography
Notre-Dame-de-Sanilhac is about six kilometers south of the city center of Périgueux . As a municipality, Notre-Dame-de-Sanilhac was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Périgueux in the north, Boulazac in the northeast, Atur in the east and northeast, Marsaneix in the southeast, Église-Neuve-de-Vergt in the south and southeast, Chalagnac in the south and southwest, Coursac in the west and Coulounieix-Chamiers in the northwest.
The A89 autoroute and the national route 21 run through the municipality .
history
In 1823 the previously independent municipality of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens was incorporated into Notre-Dame-de-Sanilhac. With effect from January 1, 2017, the former municipalities of Breuilh , Marsaneix and Notre-Dame-de-Sanilhac were merged and, as Communes déléguées, have since formed the Commune nouvelle Sanilhac. The municipality of Notre-Dame-de-Sanilhac belonged to the Arrondissement Périgueux and the canton of Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 1760 | 1927 | 2062 | 2220 | 2577 | 2617 | 2810 | 3089 |
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Attractions
- Notre-Dame-des-Vertus church from the 19th century
- House Pouzelande from the 16th century, rebuilt in the 19th century
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Personalities
- Léon Bloy (1846–1917), writer and philosopher
