Arrondissement of Périgueux

The **arrondissement of Périgueux** is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Dordogne *département* in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Périgueux.

## History
When the Dordogne department was created on 17 February 1800, the *arrondissement* of Périgueux was part of that original department.

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Périgueux is the central western part of the department and it is the largest of the *arrondissements* of the Dordogne department, with an area of . It has 189,301 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The *arrondissement* of Périgueux is bordered to the north by the *arrondissement* Nontron, to the east by the Corrèze department, to the southeast by the *arrondissement* Sarlat-la-Canéda, to the south by the *arrondissement* Bergerac, to the west by the Gironde and Charente-Maritime departments and to the northwest by the Charente department.

The Isle river, a tributary of the Dordogne river, and its tributaries Dronne, Lizonne, Auvézère and Loue flow through the *arrondissements* of Périgueux.

## Composition
### Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the *arrondissements* so they could have *communes* that belong to different *arrondissements*.

The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and *arrondissements*:

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Périgueux has 146 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes):

# Agonac (24002)
# Allemans (24007)
# Annesse-et-Beaulieu (24010)
# Antonne-et-Trigonant (24011)
# Bassillac et Auberoche (24026)
# Beaupouyet (24029)
# Beauregard-et-Bassac (24031)
# Beauronne (24032)
# Beleymas (24034)
# Bertric-Burée (24038)
# Boulazac Isle Manoire (24053)
# Bourg-des-Maisons (24057)
# Bourg-du-Bost (24058)
# Bourgnac (24059)
# Bourrou (24061)
# Bouteilles-Saint-Sébastien (24062)
# Campsegret (24077)
# Celles (24090)
# Chalagnac (24094)
# Champagne-et-Fontaine (24097)
# Champcevinel (24098)
# Chancelade (24102)
# Chantérac (24104)
# Chapdeuil (24105)
# Chassaignes (24114)
# Château-l'Évêque (24115)
# Cherval (24119)
# Clermont-de-Beauregard (24123)
# Comberanche-et-Épeluche (24128)
# Cornille (24135)
# Coulounieix-Chamiers (24138)
# Coursac (24139)
# Coutures (24141)
# Creyssac (24144)
# Creyssensac-et-Pissot (24146)
# Douchapt (24154)
# Douville (24155)
# Douzillac (24157)
# Échourgnac (24159)
# Église-Neuve-de-Vergt (24160)
# Église-Neuve-d'Issac (24161)
# Escoire (24162)
# Eygurande-et-Gardedeuil (24165)
# Fouleix (24190)
# Gout-Rossignol (24199)
# Grand-Brassac (24200)
# Grignols (24205)
# Grun-Bordas (24208)
# La Chapelle-Gonaguet (24108)
# La Chapelle-Grésignac (24109)
# La Chapelle-Montabourlet (24110)
# La Douze (24156)
# Issac (24211)
# Jaure (24213)
# La Jemaye-Ponteyraud (24216)
# Lacropte (24220)
# Laveyssière (24233)
# Les Lèches (24234)
# Léguillac-de-l'Auche (24236)
# Lisle (24243)
# Lusignac (24247)
# Manzac-sur-Vern (24251)
# Marsac-sur-l'Isle (24256)
# Maurens (24259)
# Ménesplet (24264)
# Mensignac (24266)
# Montagnac-la-Crempse (24285)
# Montagrier (24286)
# Montpon-Ménestérol (24294)
# Montrem (24295)
# Moulin-Neuf (24297)
# Mussidan (24299)
# Nanteuil-Auriac-de-Bourzac (24303)
# Neuvic (24309)
# Parcoul-Chenaud (24316)
# Paunat (24318)
# Paussac-et-Saint-Vivien (24319)
# Périgueux (24322)
# Petit-Bersac (24323)
# Le Pizou (24329)
# Razac-sur-l'Isle (24350)
# Ribérac (24352)
# La Roche-Chalais (24354)
# Saint-Aulaye-Puymangou (24376)
# Saint-Amand-de-Vergt (24365)
# Saint-André-de-Double (24367)
# Saint-Aquilin (24371)
# Saint-Astier (24372)
# Saint-Barthélemy-de-Bellegarde (24380)
# Saint-Crépin-d'Auberoche (24390)
# Saint-Étienne-de-Puycorbier (24399)
# Saint-Front-de-Pradoux (24409)
# Saint-Georges-de-Montclard (24414)
# Saint-Germain-du-Salembre (24418)
# Saint-Geyrac (24421)
# Saint-Hilaire-d'Estissac (24422)
# Saint-Jean-d'Ataux (24424)
# Saint-Jean-d'Estissac (24426)
# Saint-Jean-d'Eyraud (24427)
# Saint-Julien-de-Crempse (24431)
# Saint-Just (24434)
# Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes (24436)
# Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle (24442)
# Saint-Louis-en-l'Isle (24444)
# Saint-Martial-d'Artenset (24449)
# Saint-Martial-Viveyrol (24452)
# Saint-Martin-de-Ribérac (24455)
# Saint-Martin-des-Combes (24456)
# Saint-Martin-l'Astier (24457)
# Saint-Maime-de-Péreyrol (24459)
# Saint-Méard-de-Drône (24460)
# Saint-Médard-de-Mussidan (24462)
# Saint-Michel-de-Double (24465)
# Saint-Michel-de-Villadeix (24468)
# Saint-Pardoux-de-Drône (24477)
# Saint-Paul-de-Serre (24480)
# Saint-Paul-Lizonne (24482)
# Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac (24484)
# Saint Privat en Périgord (24490)
# Saint-Sauveur-Lalande (24500)
# Saint-Séverin-d'Estissac (24502)
# Saint-Sulpice-de-Roumagnac (24504)
# Saint-Victor (24508)
# Saint-Vincent-de-Connezac (24509)
# Saint-Vincent-Jalmoutiers (24511)
# Salon (24518)
# Sanilhac (24312)
# Sarliac-sur-l'Isle (24521)
# Savignac-les-Églises (24527)
# Segonzac (24529)
# Servanches (24533)
# Siorac-de-Ribérac (24537)
# Sorges-et-Ligueux-en-Périgord (24540)
# Sourzac (24543)
# Tocane-Saint-Apre (24553)
# La Tour-Blanche-Cercles (24554)
# Trélissac (24557)
# Val de Louyre et Caudeau (24362)
# Vallereuil (24562)
# Vanxains (24564)
# Vendoire (24569)
# Vergt (24571)
# Verteillac (24573)
# Veyrines-de-Vergt (24576)
# Villamblard (24581)
# Villetoureix (24586)

The *communes* in the *arrondissement* with more inhabitants are:

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Dordogne department
* Communes of the Dordogne department

## References