Dordogne

Dordogne () is a department in the southwest of France. It is named after the Dordogne river that runs through the department.
The department is in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is between the valley of the Loire river and the Pyrenees. Its prefecture (capital) is Perigueux.
History
Dordogne was formed during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790 with parts of the old province of Perigord. It was divided into nine districts: Belves, Bergerac, Excideuil, Montignac, Montpon, Nontron, Perigueux, Riberac and Sarlat.
Bergerac, Perigueux and Sarlat-la-Caneda were alternatively the capital of the department but later it was decided that only Perigueux would be the capital.
Geography
Dordogne is part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is the third largest department of Metropolitan France, after Gironde and Landes. It has an area of .
The department is bordered by seven departments in two regions:
Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Charente
Charente-Maritime
Correze
Gironde
Lot-et-Garonne
Haute-Vienne
Occitanie region
Lot
The main river in the department is the Dordogne that gives its name to the department. It runs from east to west through the department. Other rivers are the Isle and the Vezere, both tributaries of the Dordogne.
The highest point in the department is the southwestern summit of the Foret de Vieillecour (), in northwestern Massif Central near the border with the Haute-Vienne department, with an altitude of . The lowest point is in the valley of the Dordogne river and is high.
Administration
Dordogne is part of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is managed by the Departamental Council of Dordogne in Perigueux.
Administrative divisions
There are 4 arrondissements (districts), 25 cantons and 520 communes (municipalities) in Dordogne.
The following is a list of the 25 cantons of the Dordogne department (with their INSEE codes), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Bergerac-1 (2401)
Bergerac-2 (2402)
Brantome (2403)
Coulounieix-Chamiers (2404)
Le Haut-Perigord Noir (2405)
Isle-Loue-Auvezere (2406)
Isle-Manoire (2407)
Lalinde (2408)
Montpon-Menesterol (2409)
Pays de la Force (2410)
Pays de Montaigne et Gurson (2411)
Perigord Central (2412)
Perigord Vert Nontronnais (2413)
Perigueux-1 (2414)
Perigueux-2 (2415)
Riberac (2416)
Saint-Astier (2417)
Sarlat-la-Caneda (2418)
Sud-Bergeracois (2419)
Terrasson-Lavilledieu (2420)
Thiviers (2421)
Trelissac (2422)
Vallee Dordogne (2423)
Vallee de l'Isle (2424)
Vallee de l'Homme (2425)
Demographics
The inhabitants of Dordogne are known, in French, as Dordognais (women: Dordognaises). They are also known as Perigordins or Perigoudins.
in 2014, the department of Dordogne had a population of 416,350, for a population density of inhabitants/km2. The arrondissement of Perigueux, with 189,301 inhabitants, is by far the largest. The other three, Bergerac, Nontron and Sarlat-la-Caneda, have respectively 111,875, 40,508 and 74,666 inhabitants.
Evolution of the population in Dordogne
The cities in the department with more of 5,000 inhabitants are:
Gallery
Related pages
Arrondissements of the Dordogne department
Communes of the Dordogne department
References
Other websites
Departamental Council of Dordogne
Prefecture official website
Comite Departamental du Tourisme de la Dordogne
Dordogne