Dordogne

The Dordogne is a French department of atomic number 24 It is in the southwest of the country, in the region of Aquitaine and is named after the river Dordogne.

Geography

The department is located in the northeast of the Aquitaine region. It is bordered on the northwest by the Poitou-Charentes region with the departments of Charente -Maritime and Charente, in the northeast of the Limousin region of the Haute- Vienne and Corrèze, in the southeast on the department of Lot of the Midi -Pyrenees region and within the Aquitaine region in the south at the department of Lot- et- Garonne and on the southwest by the Gironde department.

The most important river is the eponymous Dordogne that runs through the southern part of the department from east to west and it flows through the second largest city of Bergerac. Coming through the capital Perigueux and further to the west of the north-east of the Isle runs. Another right tributary of the Dordogne, the Vézère reached the department in the east, then runs in a southwesterly direction and empties into Limeuil in the main river.

The north of the department is part of the Périgord -Limousin Regional Natural Park.

Coat of arms

In red with three gold blue armored, blue gezungte and also winning (2-1) standing lion.

History

The department was formed during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790 the majority of the then existing province of Périgord. It was subdivided into nine districts (French: district ), the precursors of the arrondissements. The districts were Bergerac, Belvès, Excideuil, Montignac, Mussidan, Nontron, Perigueux, Riberac and Sarlat. The department and the districts subdivided into 72 cantons and in 1791 had 433 343 inhabitants. Capital Périgueux was initially provided alternately with Bergerac and Sarlat, but this was set in the same year shelved.

The arrondissements were established on 17 February in 1800. There were Bergerac, Nontron, Perigueux, Riberac and Sarlat.

On September 10, 1926, the arrondissement Riberac was dissolved and integrated into the arrondissement of Périgueux.

By merging Sarlat La Caneda and on March 1, 1965, the district was renamed in Sarlat- la -Caneda

Cities

The most densely populated municipalities of the department of Dordogne are:

Administrative divisions

The Dordogne is divided into 4 arrondissements, 50 cantons and 557 communes: