Thenon
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Date: 2022-01-18

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#Communes_of_Dordogne
Thenon （French pronunciation: [tənɔ̃]; Occitan: Tenon） is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
The market town of Thenon is situated on the main road between the towns of Brive la Gaillarde （40 km east） and Périgueux （33 km west）, surrounded by farmland and forests.
The northern edge of Thenon is set on a prominent ridge.
Its recent history is strongly linked to the road network.
The D6089 road passes through Thenon and continues west to Bordeaux on the coast.
For many years, Thenon was blighted by this road, which was a main haulage and tourist route and very frequently congested.
Heavy road traffic nonetheless brought stopovers and tourists, retail trade, demand for accommodation, and restaurants.
But in the mid-2000s the east-west A89/E70 toll road （la Transeuropéenne） was opened, passing north of Thenon and funnelling the major traffic flow away from the town.
Thenon was not given an exit （sortie） close by, and thus it is now bypassed.
Its small rail station is several kilometers from the town centre in countryside to the north, and is not heavily patronised.
Prehistory and history is described for the Aquitaine region, which has some of the most important prehistoric cave dwellings in Europe.
The region was a strong centre of resistance against Germany in World War II. The nearby village of Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac was almost entirely destroyed as an act of retribution, after two German soldiers were captured by French partisans.
The high street of Thenon （Av. de la 4eme République） passes north-south and is the scene of a weekly market and some shops.
To the southern end is the cultural heart, the Place Pasteur with a church, older buildings （some medieval）, marketplace （shown here）
and a small château dating from the 12th century （captured briefly by the English in 1439, retaken by Charles II's troops）...