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' 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 .
' 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. [3]
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The name Périgueux comes from Petrocorii, a Latinization of Celtic words meaning "the four tribes" – the Gallic people that held the area before the Roman conquest. . Périgueux was their capita
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.
The Church of St Christophe is an original village church and is a remarkable survivor with original wall paintings. It is located inside the cemetery on the hill south of the settlement.
Map of France in 1154, showing location of County of Périgord. The County of Périgord was a historical region of France. The name Périgord derived from the Gaul tribe of the Petrocorii, who resisted the Roman conquest.