Lisle, Dordogne

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Coordinates: 45°16′44″N 0°32′58″E / 45.2788888889, 0.549444444444

Commune of Lisle

Location
Lisle, Dordogne (France)
Lisle, Dordogne
Administration
Country France
Region Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Périgueux
Canton Brantôme
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de la Haute-Saintonge
Statistics
Elevation 76 m–217 m
Land area¹ 17.97 km²
Population²
(1999)
909
 - Density 50/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 24243/ 24350
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Lisle (pronunciation: LEEL, Latin: Leila or Insula) is a commune in the canton of Brantôme in the département of Dordogne in the Aquitaine région in France. The canton seat is located to its east.

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[edit] Historical population

Year Population Density Percent of the canton
1962 967 - -
1968 990 - -
1975 934 - -
1982 917 - -
1990 946 - -
1999 909 50/km² 12.92%

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Lisle has two schools (Maternelle and Primaire), a church, a square in front of the Mairie building and another called La Place de Banquette. It is well-served commercially with two Boulangers, a PMU bar, two other bars, La Poste, a beauticians, a hardware store, hairdresser, Spar corner shop, electrical supplier, Credit Agricole bank with cashpoint and a newly opened Pizza restaurant/takeaway. There is also a Pompes Funebres which provide a taxi/ambulance/funeral service.

It is quite an 'active' village with the Comite des Fetes and Amicale Laique organising events throughout the year including the 4 day Fete de la St Roch over the second weekend in August.

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