Sanilhac (Dordogne)

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Sanilhac
Sanilhac (France)
Sanilhac
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Nontron
Canton Isle-Manoire
Périgord Central
Community association Le Grand Périgueux
Coordinates 45 ° 7 '  N , 0 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 7 '  N , 0 ° 43'  E
height 85-257 m
surface 59.90 km 2
Residents 4,548 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 76 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 24660
INSEE code 24312

Sanilhac ( Occitan identical) is a French municipality with 4548 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the north of the department Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Nontron and to the cantons of Isle-Manoire and Périgord Central (until 2015: canton of Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac ). The inhabitants are called Sanilhacois .

Sanilhac was formed as Commune nouvelle on January 1, 2017 from the previously independent municipalities of Breuilh , Marsaneix and Notre-Dame-de-Sanilhac .

geography

Sanilhac is about seven kilometers south of Périgueux . Sanilhac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Périgueux in the north, Boulazac and Atur in the north and northeast, Saint-Laurent-sur-Manoire in the northeast, Sainte-Marie-de-Chignac in the east, Lacropte in the east and southeast, Salon in the south and southeast, Vergt in the south and south-west, Église-Neuve-de-Vergt and Chalagnac in the west, Coursac in the west and north-west and Coulouneix-Chamiers in the north-west.

Community structure

District former
INSEE code 		Area
(km²)		 Population
(2016)		 Canton affiliation
Breuilh 24065 10.26 .0275 Périgord Central
Marsaneix 24258 23.85 1.103 Isle Manoire
Notre-Dame-de-Sanilhac (administrative headquarters)00 24312 25.79 3.137

The A89 autoroute runs through the municipality .

Attractions

  • Notre-Dame-des-Vertus church in Notre-Dame-de-Sanilhac from the 19th century
  • Saint-Gilles church in Marsaneix from the 19th century
  • Breuilh Church
  • Pouzelande house in Notre-Dame-de-Sanilhac from the 16th century, rebuilt in the 19th century

  • Notre-Dame-des-Vertus church

  • Saint-Gilles Church

Web links

Commons : Sanilhac  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population figures retrospectively from January 1, 2016