Piégut-plovers

Piégut-Plovers is a common French, located in the department of the the Dordogne and the area Aquitaine.

Geography

Commune of the Dordogne located at 45 km of Angouleme and approximately 65 km of Périgueux and Limoges.200km of Bordeaux

History

The place is known at the time Gallo-Roman under the name of Podium Acutum.

Seigniory at the 15th century dependant on Limoges.

In 1862, the commune of Pluviers takes the name of Piégut-Plovers .

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

The tower of Piégut, circular keep of a castle destroyed in 1199 per Richard Lion-hearted.

Personalities related to the commune

Pierre-Philippe Niocel (1833-1909), teacher and scholar périgourdin, author of two books of mathematics published at Larousse at the end of the Second Empire.

See too

Common of the Dordogne
Path of great excursion GR. 4

External bonds

Piégut-Plovers on the site of the national geographical Institute
Piégut-Plovers on the site of INSEE
Piégut-Plovers on the site of Quid
Localization of Piégut-Plovers on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Piégut-Plovers on Mapquest

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