Prats-du-Périgord
Prats-du-Périgord | |
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Coordinates: 44°41′34″N 1°04′05″E / 44.6928°N 1.0681°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Dordogne |
Arrondissement | Sarlat-la-Canéda |
Canton | Vallée Dordogne |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Christian Eymery[1] |
Area 1 | 10.99 km2 (4.24 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 146 |
• Density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 24337 /24550 |
Elevation | 178–305 m (584–1,001 ft) (avg. 210 m or 690 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Prats-du-Périgord (French pronunciation: [pʁa dy peʁiɡɔʁ]; Occitan: Prats de Perigòrd) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwest France.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 247 | — |
1968 | 238 | −3.6% |
1975 | 197 | −17.2% |
1982 | 212 | +7.6% |
1990 | 199 | −6.1% |
1999 | 183 | −8.0% |
2008 | 164 | −10.4% |
2016 | 147 | −10.4% |
Local culture and heritage
[edit]Places and monuments
[edit]Église Saint-Maurice de Prats-du-Périgord
[edit]The main part of the church was built in 12th and 13th centuries as part of a commandery of the Knights Hospitaller order.[3] The entrance is a through a tall flat bell-tower with four bell openings into the church's nave.[3] The chevet-apse is extremely high and is fortified with murder holes or meurtrière.[3] The church is the property of the municipality and was registered as a historical monument on 24 June 1948.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d Base Mérimée: Eglise Saint-Maurice de Prats, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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