Villefranche-de-Lonchat

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Villefranche-de-Lonchat
Coat of arms of Villefranche-de-Lonchat
Villefranche-de-Lonchat (France)
Villefranche-de-Lonchat
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Bergerac
Canton Pays de Montaigne et Gurson
Community association Montaigne Montravel et Gurson
Coordinates 44 ° 57 '  N , 0 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 57 '  N , 0 ° 3'  E
height 27-105 m
surface 14.98 km 2
Residents 973 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 65 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 24610
INSEE code 24584

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Villefranche-de-Lonchat is a French municipality with 973 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Bergerac and the canton of Pays de Montaigne et Gurson . It was founded as a bastide around 1284/87 .

Population development

Villefranche was badly damaged in the Hundred Years War. In 1301 260 "hearths" (households) were taxed, in 1365 it was only about half.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009 2017
Residents 814 814 740 801 735 786 923 973
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jean-Pierre Leray: Châteaux, bastides, commanderies du Périgord . Pierre Fanlac, Périgueux 1976, p. 45 (French).
  2. ^ Jean-Pierre Leray: Châteaux, bastides, commanderies du Périgord . Pierre Fanlac, Périgueux 1976, p. 45 (French).