Saint-Cirq (Dordogne)
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local community | Les Eyzies | |
region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Dordogne | |
Arrondissement | Sarlat-la-Canéda | |
Coordinates | 44 ° 56 ' N , 0 ° 58' E | |
Post Code | 24260 | |
Former INSEE code | 24389 | |
Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
status | Commune déléguée | |
Upper part of Saint-Cirq near the Sorcier cave |
Saint-Cirq ( Occitan Sent Circ ) is a former community with 126 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the southeast of the southern French departments of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the old cultural landscape of the Périgord . The municipality belonged to the arrondissement of Sarlat-la-Canéda and the canton of Vallée de l'Homme .
The decree of October 17, 2018 established the incorporation of Saint-Cirq as a Commune déléguée together with the former municipalities of Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil and Manaurie into the Commune nouvelle Les Eyzies with effect from January 1, 2019 .
The name in the Occitan language is Sent Circ and is derived from the name of Saints Quiricus and Cyriacus .
The inhabitants are called Saint-Cirquois and Saint-Cirquoises .
geography
Saint-Cirq is located about 46 kilometers east-northeast of Bergerac on the right bank of the Vézère .
Saint-Cirq is surrounded by five neighboring municipalities and delegated municipalities:
Savignac-de-Miremont |
Manaurie (Commune déléguée) |
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Le Bugue |
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil (Commune déléguée) |
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Campagne |
Population development
After records began, the population rose to a peak of around 345 in the middle of the 19th century. In the period that followed, a phase of stagnation set in until the 1980s and 1990s, which increased the number of inhabitants to around 105 during short recovery phases before a period of moderate growth set in, which continues to this day.
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2017 |
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Residents | 153 | 136 | 117 | 105 | 104 | 106 | 120 | 128 | 126 |
Attractions
- Parish Church of Saint-Cirq-et-Sainte-Julitte
- Saint-Cirq castle from the 15th century
- Le Clauzel mansion from the 17th century
- 18th century mansion Les Faures
- Pech-Saint-Sourd fortress
- Prehistoric cave Le Sorcier than historique monument classified
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ RECUEIL DES ACTES ADMINISTRATIFS N ° 24-2018-034. (PDF) Dordogne department, October 17, 2018, pp. 72–76 , accessed on January 21, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Le nom occitan des communes du Périgord. Départementrat des Dordogne, accessed on January 21, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Saint-Cirq. Conseil régional d'Aquitaine, archived from the original on September 9, 2016 ; accessed on January 21, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Dordogne. habitants.fr, accessed on January 21, 2019 (French).
- ^ Notice Communale Saint-Cirq. EHESS , accessed on January 21, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Saint-Cirq (24389). INSEE , accessed on January 21, 2019 (French).