See also: the Dordogne

The department of the Dordogne (24) is a department French of the area Aquitaine which owes its name with the river of the same name.

History

The department was created with the French revolution, the March 4th 1790 pursuant to the law of the December 22nd 1789, on part of old the province of the Périgord.

Blasonnement of the Dordogne east: Of mouths to the three crowned lions of gold, armed and lampassés with azure.

Policy

• General advice of the Dordogne
• Intercommunalités of the Dordogne
• Common of the Dordogne
• Old communes of the Dordogne
• List of the deputies of the Dordogne
• List of the senators of the Dordogne
• List of the general advisers of the Dordogne
• List of the prefects of the Dordogne

Geography

The Dordogne belongs to the area Aquitaine.

It is bordering on the departments of the High-Vienna, of the Corrèze, the Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, the the Gironde, the Charente-Maritime and the Charente.

Longitude: between western 0°3' and 1°25' est.
Latitude: between 44°35' and 45°42' northern

Climate

Economy

Demography

The inhabitants of the Dordogne are called Périgourdins or Périgordins (by analogy between the current department and the old province of Périgord which corresponded to him).

The Périgord is an Eden whose inhabitants seldom pronounce the republican name: The Dordogne. Here, of north in the south and of is in west, one is " in Périgord" . The autochtones, like the newcomers of France, Europe or besides live Périgord, not the Dordogne. The department is a historical incident digested by this region with the strong identity, underlined by the language of Oc. And the Dordogne remains what it is: a river. It is born from 2 brooks auvergnats, Gilds it and Dogne, descends the slopes of the Puy de Sancy for, 490 kilometers further, to join Antlantique via the nozzle of Ambès.

The nationals of the the United Kingdom are more than twenty thousand (in 2006) to live there but the majority pay attention not to be remained more than six months and a day to avoid being considered resident in France.

Culture

Language

The language of Périgord is the Occitan, of dialect the Limousin in the roughly going north of a line of Montazeau to Nadaillac, and of dialect Languedocien in the south of this line. Only the communes of Parcoul and the Rock-Chalais (partly) are of Langue of oil (dialect Poitevin-saintongeais).

Gastronomy

Construction

Symbol

• has Biron, the German sculptor Jochen Gerz rehabilitated the war memorial, inaugurated on July 13rd, 1996. " What is, according to you, enough important to risk your life? " is the question put to the inhabitants of the village. The answers are retranscribed on plates fixed on the monument. The messages speak about love, fear, peace…

Tourism

There would be more than 1000 castles in the Dordogne; here most known: Castle of Hautefort Castle of Castelnaud-the-Vault, Castle of Commarque, Castle of Monbazillac, Castle of Beynac, Castle of Herm, Castle of Bourdeilles, Castle of Biron, Castle of Milandes, Montfort, Castle of Puymartin, Castle of Roofing stone. (See Castles and residences of the Dordogne).

One also finds country house S, in particular with Monpazier, Villefranche-of-Périgord the, Domme and his ramparts, and Eymet and his castle.

Among the most beautiful villages of France, 9 are in the Dordogne on 148, locating the department in second position after the Aveyron which counts 10 of them.

• Belvès
• Beynac-and-Cazenac
• Domme
• Limeuil
• Monpazier
• Castling-Gageac
• Saint-Amand-with-Coly
• Saint-Jean-of-Adhesive
• Saint-Leon-on-Vézère

The Valley of Vézère with the caves of Lascaux, the Caves of Eyzies, the Castling Saint-Christophe, the Rouffignac and celebrates it Abri of Cro-Magnon.

Famous cities of Sarlat, Bergerac, Nontron and its masquerade of Soufflaculs, its gardens of arts, its Pole of the Trades of Arts, its cutlery “Périgord”, Périgueux and its Gallo-Roman ruins, its medieval city (MH and PSMV).

The Village of Bournat, the abbey of Brantôme (11th century), the archaeological Park of Beynac, Mandacou.

Famous characters of the Dordogne

• Bertran de Born, (v.1140 - v.1215), one of most famous the Troubadour S, lord of Hautefort at the 12th century
• Arnaut Daniel, (12th century), regarded as one of the more virtuosos Troubadour S, born with Ribérac
• Etienne of Boétie, (1530-1563), writer and French philosopher, born with Sarlat
• Michel de Montaigne, (1533-1592), writer philosophizes French, born with Saint-Michel-with-Montaigne
• Pierre de Brantôme, (v. 1540-1614), French writer, lord of Brantôme, born with Bourdeilles
• Pierre Grellety, (17th century), the “last crunching”
• Pierre Yrieix Daumesnil (1777-1832), General of Empire, born with Périgueux
• Thomas-Robert Bugeaud, (1784-1849), duke of Isly, general then Marshal of France, mayor of Excideuil between 1825 and 1830 and appointed of Excideuil of 1831 to 1848
• Pierre Magne (1806-1879), politician French, senator of the Second Empire and Minister for Finance, originating in Périgueux
• Jean-Camille Fulbert-Dumonteil, (1831-1912), born with Vergt, gastronomical chronicler of the Beautiful Time.
• Eugene Roy, (1836-1907), writer, author of “Jacquou Crunching It”, born with Hautefort
• Suzanne Lacore, (1875-1975), Minister for the Popular front
• Yvon Delbos, (1885-1956), French politician, born with Thonac, Foreign Minister and Minister for State education
• Louis Delluc (1890-1924), born with Cadouin, critical and scenario writer, eveillor of the French cinema
• Sylvain Floirat (1899-1993), born on September 28th, 1899 with Nailhac, industrialist and business man.
• Yves Guéna, French politician (born with Brest the 7/6/1922): engaged FFL (1940-1945); deputy of the Dordogne (1962-1981, 1986-1988 RPR); minister: P&T (1967-1968), Information (1968), P&T (1968-1969), Transport (1973-1974), Industry, Trade and Craft industry (1974); general adviser of the Dordogne (1970-1989); mayor of Périgueux (1971-1997); senator of the Dordogne (1989-1997); vice-president of the Senate (1992-1997); member and president of the Constitutional council (1997-2004); chair Institut of the Arab world (2004-2007).
• Roland Dumas, (born the August 23rd 1922 with Limoges), French politician; deputy of Sarlat; member and president Constitutional council.
• Jean-Jacques de Peretti, (born in 1946 with Clermont-Ferrand), French politician; Minister for Overseas in 1995, mayor of Sarlat-la-Canéda since 1989.
• Xavier Darcos, (born in 1947 with Limoges), French politician; minister: delegated to Secondary education (May 2002 - March 2004), delegated to the Foreign affairs (co-operation, francophonie) (March 2004 - June 2005), State education (since May 18th, 2007); mayor of Périgueux of 1997 to 2002 then as from 2005; senator of the Dordogne (1998-2002)

Others

Blazon of the Dordogne

Daily press: Southern West and the free Dordogne .

Weekly press: the Democrat

See too

Internal bonds

• Common of the Dordogne
• Old communes of the Dordogne
• Castles and residences of the Dordogne
• Périgord
• List of bridges of the Dordogne
• French Department

External bonds

• Prefecture of the Dordogne
• General advice of the Dordogne
• Departmental committee of Tourism the Dordogne-Périgord