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Saint-Amand-de-Coly |
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Saint-Amand-de-Coly
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine |
| Department | Dordogne |
| Arrondissement | Sarlat-la-Canéda |
| Canton | Montignac |
| Intercommunality | Vallée de la Vézère |
| Mayor | Claude Vilatte (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 114–284 m (374–932 ft) (avg. 165 m/541 ft) |
| Land area1 | 26.40 km2 (10.19 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 386 (2008) |
| - Density | 15 /km2 (39 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 24364/ 24290 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Saint-Amand-de-Coly is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.
The village is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France") association.
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Saint-Amand-de-Coly is located 9 km east of Montignac.
| Historical populations | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 354 | — |
| 1968 | 322 | −9.0% |
| 1975 | 308 | −4.3% |
| 1982 | 301 | −2.3% |
| 1990 | 312 | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 353 | +13.1% |
| 2008 | 386 | +9.3% |
Saint-Amand-de-Coly features a Romanesque fortified church. Despite its bristling military architecture, the 12th-century church combines great delicacy and spirituality, with purity of line and simple decoration most evocative in the low sun of late afternoon or early evening. Its defences include walls that are 4m thick, a ditch runs all the way around, and a passage once skirted the eaves, with numerous positions for archers. Blind stairways are designed to mislead attackers.
There is also an interesting atelier that makes classic French copper cookware.