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Périgord (UK: / ˈ p ɛr ɪ ɡ ɔːr / PERR-ig-or, US: / ˌ p ɛr ɪ ˈ ɡ ɔːr /- OR; [1] [2] French: [peʁiɡɔʁ] ⓘ; Occitan: Peiregòrd [pejɾeˈɣɔɾ(t)] or Perigòrd [peɾiˈɣɔɾ(t)]) is a natural region and former province of France, which corresponds roughly to the current Dordogne department, now forming the northern part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Castelnaud-la-Chapelle (French pronunciation: [kastɛlno la ʃapɛl]; Occitan: Castelnòu e La Capèla) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It was created in 1973 by the merger of two former communes: Castelnaud-Fayrac and La Chapelle-Péchaud. [3]
Dordogne is one of the original 83 departments created on 4 March 1790 during the French Revolution. It was created from the former province of Périgord , the county of Périgord . Its borders continued to change over subsequent decades.
One of the goals was to reduce government debt by selling state-owned real estate on the market. [2] Each year, the sales yielded between 200 ans 500 million EUR. [4] The larger part of the returns would be used as an economic incentive to economise on real estate holdings, by being partly returned to the ministries that previously occupied the ...
It lies in the southeastern part of the Dordogne department, 7 km north of the river Dordogne. Sarlat railway station offers train services to Bergerac, Bordeaux and Périgueux. The commune is also served by Brive Vallée de la Dordogne airport (50 km), Bergerac Roumanière airport (70 km) and two bus lines. [5] [6]
Saint-Jory-de-Chalais (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɔʁi də ʃalɛ], literally Saint-Jory of Chalais; Occitan: Sent Jòri de Chalés) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
La Roque-Gageac (French pronunciation: [la ʁɔk ɡaʒak]; Occitan: La Ròca de Gajac) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Perched above the river Dordogne, the village is a member of the association Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France").
The following is a list of the 503 communes of the Dordogne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [1] Communauté d'agglomération Bergeracoise; Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Périgueux; Communauté de communes des Bastides Dordogne-Périgord [de; fr; oc]