Chancelade
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Location within Aquitaine region  Chancelade | |
| Coordinates: 45°12′23″N 0°39′58″E / 45.2064°N 0.6661°ECoordinates: 45°12′23″N 0°39′58″E / 45.2064°N 0.6661°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine |
| Department | Dordogne |
| Arrondissement | Périgueux |
| Canton | Périgueux-Ouest |
| Intercommunality | Périgourdine |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2009–2014) | Michel Testut |
| Area1 | 16.23 km2 (6.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 4,174 |
| • Density | 260/km2 (670/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 24102 / 24650 |
| Elevation | 73–198 m (240–650 ft) |
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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. | |
Chancelade is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Chancelade is known for a prehistoric fossil discovery: the so-called Chancelade skeleton was found in the shelter of Raymonden in 1888. The way it was lying suggested a ritual burial. In 1889, Leo Testut announced that the skeleton was of a new race, which he called the "Chancelade race", the ancestor of the Eskimo. This hypothesis is now rejected, and the Chancelade race is considered to be a Cro-Magnon specimen.
The approximately 60 year old Chancelade man stands 155 cm tall, with a very large brain size of around 1710cc.
The village is the site of Chancelade Abbey.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 906 | — |
| 1800 | 679 | −25.1% |
| 1806 | 703 | +3.5% |
| 1821 | 948 | +34.9% |
| 1831 | 1,093 | +15.3% |
| 1836 | 1,026 | −6.1% |
| 1841 | 1,001 | −2.4% |
| 1846 | 1,141 | +14.0% |
| 1851 | 1,116 | −2.2% |
| 1856 | 1,164 | +4.3% |
| 1861 | 1,181 | +1.5% |
| 1866 | 1,236 | +4.7% |
| 1872 | 1,096 | −11.3% |
| 1876 | 1,227 | +12.0% |
| 1881 | 1,417 | +15.5% |
| 1886 | 1,384 | −2.3% |
| 1891 | 1,349 | −2.5% |
| 1896 | 1,245 | −7.7% |
| 1901 | 1,267 | +1.8% |
| 1906 | 1,092 | −13.8% |
| 1911 | 1,156 | +5.9% |
| 1921 | 1,117 | −3.4% |
| 1926 | 1,164 | +4.2% |
| 1931 | 1,095 | −5.9% |
| 1936 | 1,168 | +6.7% |
| 1946 | 1,271 | +8.8% |
| 1954 | 1,445 | +13.7% |
| 1962 | 1,780 | +23.2% |
| 1968 | 2,002 | +12.5% |
| 1975 | 2,420 | +20.9% |
| 1982 | 3,297 | +36.2% |
| 1990 | 3,718 | +12.8% |
| 1999 | 3,865 | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 4,174 | +8.0% |
See also
References
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