Bergerac, Dordogne

Bergerac is a town in the French region of Aquitaine, and with 27,687 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) to Perigueux the second largest city in the Dordogne. The city is the seat of the prefecture (French Sous- préfecture ) of the arrondissements of Bergerac, this consists of fourteen cantons, it is the capital (French: chef- lieu) of the cantons Bergerac Bergerac -1 and -2.

Bergerac is situated on the Dordogne River and is known for its locally grown wines, a bridge over the Dordogne and the Tobacco Museum.

Except for the name of equality is no connection with the famous Cyrano de Bergerac, who described under the title " The Other World " (Fr. L' Autre Monde) a trip to the moon and sun. This inspired the famous play by Edmond Rostand which bears his name, whose protagonist, the noble poet Cyrano de Bergerac with the big nose and the pronounced nose for poetic declarations of love, but little to do with the true Hector Savinien de Cyrano has.

Although the name of Cyrano is not derived from the town of Bergerac, resplendent in various places of the city statues that always portray him in the same position: the dreamy face, nose proudly directed against the Other World. Hector Savinien was not gascognischer Ethnicity, did not speak the accent of the area and nothing indicates that he was ever in Bergerac. To his real name because he put one of his possessions, called Bergerac near Paris this additive added. He used the name also to emphasize its affiliation with the company of cadets of Gascony.

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