Saint-Pierre-de-Frugie

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Commune of Saint-Pierre-de-Frugie
Location
Longitude	00° 59' 59" E
Latitude	45° 34' 27" N
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Nontron
Canton	Jumilhac-le-Grand
Mayor	Monsieur Fayol
Statistics
Altitude	305 m–491 m (avg. 318 m)
Land area¹	21.74 km²
Population² (1999)	373
- Density (1999)	17/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	24486/ 24450
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Saint-Pierre-de-Frugie is a village and commune in the Dordogne département of France.

Although having a population of just over 300, the village is dependent on summer vacationers for business and coordination. The heart of the town contains a central office, staffed only part-time by the village's inhabitants, a single restaurant ("L'Escargot"), and one hotel.

Cottages are often available for stay, year-round, and are an easy way to become immersed in French Culture, by way of meeting locals, enjoying the scenery, or traveling to nearby towns, such as Brantôme, Périgueux, or Limoges.

[edit] Geography

Saint-Pierre-de-Frugie is nestled among the many rolling hills in South-Central France. The characteristic farm-land is special and rich in history of this particular region. Many of the farms have been abandoned, and have no crop yield, but are maintained by the people as fields. These fields are still private property, and much of the area is off limits to tourists, but roads often run in between the farms, and one can see the expansiveness of the unused, but spectacular landscape.