Clermont-d'Excideuil

Clermont-d'Excideuil
Commune

Town hall
Clermont-d'Excideuil

Coordinates: 45°21′57″N 1°03′07″E / 45.3658°N 1.0519°E / 45.3658; 1.0519Coordinates: 45°21′57″N 1°03′07″E / 45.3658°N 1.0519°E / 45.3658; 1.0519
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Nontron
Canton Isle-Loue-Auvézère
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Claude Eymery
Area1 9.99 km2 (3.86 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 266
 • Density 27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 24124 /24160
Elevation 156–333 m (512–1,093 ft)
(avg. 260 m or 850 ft)

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.

Clermont-d'Excideuil (Occitan dialect: Clarmont d'Eissiduelh) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962 277—    
1968 289+4.3%
1975 253−12.5%
1982 255+0.8%
1990 255+0.0%
1999 253−0.8%
2008 266+5.1%

History

Until the end of the 18th century, there was a number of megaliths in Clermont, aligned like those in Carnac. They stood between the hamlets La Valade to the north and Le Verdier to the south. The name of the locality Pierres Brunes is a reminder of the megaliths. They were exploited by blacksmiths, and nothing of them remains. Several modern historians place them on a great ancient commercial route between Vannes in Armorica and Marseille on the Mediterranean Sea via Mende.

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