Saint-Médard-de-Mussidan
Saint-Médard-de-Mussidan Sent Meard de Moissídan |
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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 | |
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 | 24462 | |
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