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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.
A little further south, the D936, which roughly follows the course of the Dordogne, is grafted on the Bordeaux ring road via an interchange at the municipalities of Cenon and Floirac. It gives access to the towns of Branne , Castillon-la-Bataille and Sainte-Foy-la-Grande (Gironde) and Bergerac (Dordogne).
The Château de Castelnaud is a medieval fortress in the commune of Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, overlooking the river Dordogne in Périgord, southern France. It was erected to face its rival, the Château de Beynac .
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 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]
French legislative constituencies of Dordogne (4 P) G. Geography of Dordogne (7 C, 13 P) H. History of Dordogne (17 P) P. People from Dordogne (6 C, 76 P)
Châteaux in Dordogne (100 P) Churches in Dordogne (2 P) G. Gardens in Dordogne (16 P) M. Museums in Dordogne (18 P) P.
Pages in category "History of Dordogne" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Battle of Auberoche; B.