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Beaumont-du-Périgord (French pronunciation: [bomɔ̃ dy peʁiɡɔʁ], lit. ' Beaumont of the Périgord ' , before 2001: Beaumont ; Occitan : Bèlmont ) [ 2 ] is a former commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France , on 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Beaumontois-en-Périgord .
' Beaumontois in Périgord '; Occitan: Bèlmontés de Perigòrd) is a commune in the Dordogne department of southwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Beaumont-du-Périgord , Labouquerie , Nojals-et-Clotte and Sainte-Sabine-Born .
In 2002, he succeeded Xavier Darcos in the Senate, representing Dordogne. [2] In March 2008, he was elected mayor of Beaumont-du-Périgord. [3] He was Vice-President of the Communauté de communes du Pays beaumontois from 2008 to 2012. He was defeated in the 2008 French Senate election by Claude Bérit-Débat of the Socialist Party.
The Château de Beynac is a castle situated in the commune of Beynac-et-Cazenac, in the Dordogne département of France. [1] The castle is one of the best-preserved and best known in the region. This Middle Ages construction, with its austere appearance, is perched on top of a limestone cliff, dominating the town and the north bank of the Dordogne.
In the Dordogne département: Château de Richemont, Nontron, Saut du Chalard near Champs-Romain, Château de Jumilhac in Jumilhac-le-Grand, the round dungeon tower of Piégut, Château des Bernadières near Champeaux-et-la-Chapelle-Pommier, the romanesque church in Bussière-Badil, Château de Mareuil in Mareuil, Abbey Saint-Pierre in Brantôme.
Sainte-Croix (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t kʁwa] ⓘ; also Sainte-Croix-de-Beaumont; Languedocien: Senta Crotz) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The village has an ancient church and attached building that used to belong to the Knights Templar .
The archbishop of Paris, Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire (1703-1781), was born in this château and was later sent in exile to it by Louis XV for having tried to convince him to give up his mistress Madame de Pompadour.
The arrondissement of Bergerac is an arrondissement of France in the Dordogne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 130 communes . [ 2 ] Its population is 102,530 (2021), and its area is 1,819.9 km 2 (702.7 sq mi).