Saint-Aulaye
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| local community | Saint Aulaye-Puymangou | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Dordogne | |
| Arrondissement | Périgueux | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 12 ' N , 0 ° 8' E | |
| Post Code | 24410 | |
| Former INSEE code | 24376 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Sainte-Eulalie church |
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Saint-Aulaye is a village and a former French commune with 1,364 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Périgueux and the canton of Saint-Aulaye .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the former municipalities of Saint-Aulaye and Puymangou were merged into a nouvelle commune called Saint Aulaye-Puymangou . The former municipalities have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Saint-Aulaye.
geography
Saint-Aulaye is just on the border with the neighboring Charente department in the Poitou-Charentes region . The place is on the left bank of the Dronne , at the confluence of its tributary Rizonne .
Neighboring municipalities of Saint-Aulaye were Bonnes in the north, Saint-Privat-des-Prés in the northeast, Saint-Vincent-Jalmoutiers in the east, Servanches in the southeast, La Roche-Chalais in the southwest, Puymangou in the west, and Les Essards and Chenaud in the northwest .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2010 |
| Residents | 1356 | 1379 | 1398 | 1524 | 1531 | 1397 | 1360 |
Attractions
- Walls of the bastide from the 13th century
- Sainte-Eulalie church (12th century, monument historique )
- Saint-Aulaye castle (13th / 19th century)
- Trappist Abbey ND de Bonne-Espérance (19th century; in Echourgnac)
Sainte-Eulalie church: Romanesque capital
13th century bridge
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Personalities
- Jean-Charles (1922–2003), humorist and writer, born in Saint-Aulaye
