Title: Périgueux Content: Périgueux  is a commune in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. It is the capital, prefecture, of the Dordogne department. ==Geography== Périgueux is in the centre of the Dordogne department, in the tourist region named as Périgord Blanc. The Isle river flows through the city. The city is at about from Angoulême, from Limoges, from Agen, from Bordeaux and from Cahors. The commune of Périgueux has an area of and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .  Périgueux is surrounded by the communes Château-l'Évêque, Champcevinel, Trélissac, Boulazac, Notre-Dame-de-Sanilhac, Coulounieix-Chamiers, Marsac- sur-l'Isle and Chancelade. === Climate === Périgueux has an oceanic climate with template summers (Köppen climate classification: Cfb). == Population == The inhabitants of Périgueux are known, in French, as Pétrocoriens (women: Pétrocoriennes). Another name for the inhabitants of Périgueux is Périgourdins. With a population of 30,069 (2014), Périgueux has a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Périgueux Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:40000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:4000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:2000 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1968 text:1968 bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2006 text:2006 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1968 from:0 till: 37450 bar:1975 from:0 till: 35120 bar:1982 from:0 till: 32916 bar:1990 from:0 till: 30280 bar:1999 from:0 till: 30193 bar:2006 from:0 till: 29558 bar:2014 from:0 till: 30069 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 37450 fontsize:S text: 37,450 shift:(-12,5) bar:1975 at: 35120 fontsize:S text: 35,120 shift:(-18,5) bar:1982 at: 32916 fontsize:S text: 32,916 shift:(-18,5) bar:1990 at: 30280 fontsize:S text: 30,280 shift:(-18,5) bar:1999 at: 30193 fontsize:S text: 30,193 shift:(-18,5) bar:2006 at: 29558 fontsize:S text: 29,558 shift:(-18,5) bar:2014 at: 30069 fontsize:S text: 30,069 shift:(-18,5) Périgueux forms, together with 8 other communes, the urban area of Périgueux with a population of 66,895 inhabitants (2013) and an area of . This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Périgueux, formed by 55 communes with a population of 102,855 inhabitants (2013) and an area of . ==Administration== Périgueux is a prefecture of the Dordogne and the capital of the arrondissement of Périgueux. The commune is the administrative centre  of two cantons # Périgueux-1, formed with a part of Périgueux; and # Périgueux-2, formed with the remaining part of Périgueux. It is part of the intercommunality Le Grand Périgueux . === Twin towns === Périgueux is twinned with: * Amberg, Germany ==Gallery== File:Périgueux Saint-Front (13).JPG|Saint Front cathedral. File:Périgueux église St Georges (4).JPG|Saint-Georges church. File:Périgueux théâtre Palace.JPG|Périgueux Theater Palace. File:Périgueux tour Vésone (4).JPG|The Vésone tower. ==Related pages== * Arrondissement of Périgueux * Communes of the Dordogne department