Savignac-Lédrier

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Coordinates: 45°21′53″N 1°13′17″E / 45.3647222222, 1.22138888889

Commune of Savignac-Lédrier
Location
Savignac-Lédrier (France)
Savignac-Lédrier
Administration
Country France
Region Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Nontron
Canton Lanouaille
Statistics
Elevation 214 m–374 m
(avg. 330 m)
Land area¹ 26.9 km²
Population²
(1999)		 746
 - Density 27/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 24526/ 24270
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

Savignac-Lédrier is a commune in the canton of Lanouaille of the Dordogne department in the Aquitaine région in France.

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[edit] Geography

The commune is situated by the Auvézère river, the commune are bounded with other communes including Saint-Cyr-les-Champagnes, Saint-Mesmin, Lanouaille and Payzac. The principal town (La Chapelle) and two villages (La Garanne and La Croix-Merle) are linked with the town of Payzac. The two area have a distance of 700 m.

[edit] History

The area was in an older parish and a province until the French Revolution, during the creation of the departments (département) in 1790, the commune became a part of the Corrèze departement, three years later in 1793, it was attached to the Dordogne and that where it is currently located.

[edit] Population

Year Population Density Percent of the canton
1962 666 - -
1968 809 - -
1975 681 - -
1982 737 - -
1990 738 - -
1999 746 27/km² 13.54%

[edit] Monuments

  • Château de Bard
  • Château de la Forge, used from the 15th to the 19th centuries, classified

[edit] Other

Savignac-Lédrier has a school, a church, a park and a square.

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[edit] See also

Communes of the Canton of Lanouaille
Angoisse | Dussac | Lanouaille | Nanthiat | Payzac | Saint-Cyr-les-Champagnes | Saint-Sulpice-d'Excideuil | Sarlande | Sarrazac | Savignac-Lédrier
France | Aquitaine | Dordogne | Arrondissement of Nontron | Canton of Lanouaille