Saint-Médard-de-Mussidan

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Saint-Médard-de-Mussidan
Sent Meard de Moissídan
Saint-Médard-de-Mussidan (France)
Saint-Médard-de-Mussidan
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Périgueux
Canton Vallée de l'Isle
Community association Isle et Crempse en Périgord
Coordinates 45 ° 3 ′  N , 0 ° 21 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 3 ′  N , 0 ° 21 ′  E
height 37-150 m
surface 24.45 km 2
Residents 1,713 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 70 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 24400
INSEE code
Website www.stmedarddemussidan.fr

Town hall of Saint-Médard-de-Mussidan

Saint-Médard-de-Mussidan ( Occitan : Sent Meard de Moissídan ) is a municipality in the French region of Aquitaine with 1,713 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). It is located in the Dordogne department . The municipality is part of the canton of Vallée de l'Isle (until 2015: canton of Mussidan ) in the Arrondissement of Périgueux . The inhabitants are called Mussidanais de Saint-Médard .

geography

Saint-Médard-de-Mussidan is located in the Périgord Blanc (White Périgord) on the southern bank of the Isle . Saint-Médard-de-Mussidan is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Martin-l'Astier in the north, Saint-Front-de-Pradoux in the northeast, Mussidan in the east, Les Lèches in the southeast, Saint-Géry in the south and Beaupouyet in the west and south-west and Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes to the west and north-west.

The Autoroute A89 and the former Route nationale 89 (today's D6089) run through the municipality .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 1,153 1,327 1,540 1,644 1,600 1,512 1,636 1,711
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Médard church
  • La Moze mansion, former Carthusian monastery
  • Longua Castle with park from the 19th century, chapel from the 15th century, monument historique since 2002/2004
  • Bassy Castle, now a clinic

Web links

Commons : Saint-Médard-de-Mussidan  - Collection of images, videos and audio files