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In 1870 the region was witness to the tragic Hautefaye incident, which occurred shortly after France's declaration of war against Prussia. A young aristocrat named Alain de Monéys was brutally tortured and then burned alive, by a crowd of between 300 and 800 people on 16 August in a public square in the village of Hautefaye in the north-west ...
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.
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The town of Sarlat is in a region known in France as Périgord Noir.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 Dordogne at Argentat in Corrèze, part of the Limousin region. The départements of France through which the Dordogne runs, together with some towns in those départements that are on or quite near the river, are as follows: The département of Puy-de-Dôme – The towns of Le Mont-Dore (near the source of the river) and La Bourboule;
Périgueux (/ ˌ p ɛr ɪ ˈ ɡ ɜː /, French: ⓘ; Occitan: Peireguers [pejɾeˈɣɥes, pejɾeˈɡœː] or Periguers [peɾiˈɣɥes, peɾiˈɡœː]) [a] is a commune in the Dordogne department, in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Périgueux is the prefecture of Dordogne, and the capital city of Périgord.
Champagne-et-Fontaine (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃paɲ e fɔ̃tɛn]; Occitan: Champanha e Fontanas) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Champagne-et-Fontaine is the birthplace of Philip I of France.
Rocamadour is served by two regional airports that provide easy access to the Dordogne Valley. The Aéroport Brive Vallée de la Dordogne (BVE) is located only a few kilometres from many of the region's star attractions whilst the Aéroport Bergerac Dordogne Périgord (EGC) is situated just 6 km south of Bergerac.