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The arrondissement of Périgueux is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Dordogne département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Périgueux.
Périgueux | |
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![]() Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Dordogne |
No. of communes | 143 |
Prefecture | Périgueux |
Area | 2,869.3 km2 (1,107.8 sq mi) |
Population | 175,640 |
INSEE code | 243 |
When the Dordogne department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Périgueux was part of that original department.[2]
The arrondissement of Périgueux is the central western part of the department and it is the largest of the arrondissements of the Dordogne department, with an area of 3,336.5 square kilometres (1,288 square miles).[3] It has 189,301 inhabitants and a population density of 56.7 inhabitants/km².[4]
The arrondissement of Périgueux is bordered to the north by the arrondissement Nontron, to the east by the Corrèze department, to the southeast by the arrondissement Sarlat-la-Canéda, to the south by the arrondissement Bergerac, to the west by the Gironde and Charente-Maritime departments and to the northwest by the Charente department.
The Isle river, a tributary of the Dordogne river, and its tributaries Dronne, Lizonne, Auvézère and Loue flow through the arrondissements of Périgueux.
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
INSEE Code | Canton | Arrondissements | Total | |||
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Bergerac | Nontron | Périgueux | Sarlat-la-Canéda | |||
2403 | Brantôme | 22 | 11 | 33 | ||
2404 | Coulounieix-Chamiers | 4 | 4 | |||
2405 | Haut-Périgord Noir | Part of Bassillac et Auberoche | 30 | 30 | ||
2406 | Isle-Loue-Auvézère | 28 | 1 | 29 | ||
2407 | Isle-Manoire | 7 | 7 | |||
2409 | Montpon-Ménestérol | 15 | 15 | |||
2412 | Périgord Central | 1 | 33 | 1 | 35 | |
2414 | Périgueux-1 | Part of Périgueux | Part of Périgueux | |||
2415 | Périgueux-2 | Part of Périgueux | Part of Périgueux | |||
2416 | Ribérac | 33 | 33 | |||
2417 | Saint-Astier | 11 | 11 | |||
2421 | Thiviers | 22 | 1 | 23 | ||
2422 | Trélissac | 8 | 8 | |||
2424 | Vallée de l'Isle | 21 | 21 |
The arrondissement of Périgueux has 146 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6][7]
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
INSEE code | Commune | Population[4] (2014) | Canton | Intercommunality |
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24322 | Périgueux | 30,069 | Périgueux-1 and Périgueux-2 | Le Grand Périgueux |
24053 | Boulazac Isle Manoire | 9,823 | Isle-Manoire | Le Grand Périgueux |
24138 | Coulounieix-Chamiers | 8,089 | Coulounieix-Chamiers | Le Grand Périgueux |
24557 | Trélissac | 6,732 | Trélissac | Le Grand Périgueux |
24372 | Saint-Astier | 5,521 | Saint-Astier | Isle Vern Salembre en Périgord |
24294 | Montpon-Ménestérol | 5,480 | Montpon-Ménestérol | Isle Double Landais |
24312 | Sanilhac | 4,441 | Isle-Manoire | Le Grand Périgueux |
24102 | Chancelade | 4,328 | Coulounieix-Chamiers | Le Grand Périgueux |
24352 | Ribérac | 4,058 | Ribérac | Le Pays Ribéracois |
24309 | Neuvic | 3,562 | Vallée de l'Isle | Isle Vern Salembre en Périgord |
24256 | Marsac-sur-l'Isle | 3,125 | Coulounieix-Chamiers | Le Grand Périgueux |
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