Chancelade

Chancelade (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃slad]; Occitan: Chancelada) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The village is the site of Chancelade Abbey.

Chancelade
Commune
The abbey in Chancelade
The abbey in Chancelade
Location of Chancelade
Chancelade is located in France
Chancelade
Chancelade
Chancelade is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Chancelade
Chancelade
Coordinates: 45°12′23″N 0°39′58″E
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentDordogne
ArrondissementPérigueux
CantonCoulounieix-Chamiers
IntercommunalityLe Grand Périgueux
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Pascal Serre[1]
Area
1
16.23 km2 (6.27 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
4,419
 • Density270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
24102 /24650
Elevation73–198 m (240–650 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The so-called "Chancelade man" was found in the nearby Raymonden rock shelter in 1888, the skeleton of an approximately 60-year-old male who was buried there in the Magdalenian, roughly 15,000 years ago.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 906—    
1800 679−4.04%
1806 703+0.58%
1821 948+2.01%
1831 1,093+1.43%
1836 1,026−1.26%
1841 1,001−0.49%
1846 1,141+2.65%
1851 1,116−0.44%
1856 1,164+0.85%
1861 1,181+0.29%
1866 1,236+0.91%
1872 1,096−1.98%
1876 1,227+2.86%
1881 1,417+2.92%
1886 1,384−0.47%
1891 1,349−0.51%
1896 1,245−1.59%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,267+0.35%
1906 1,092−2.93%
1911 1,156+1.15%
1921 1,117−0.34%
1926 1,164+0.83%
1931 1,095−1.21%
1936 1,168+1.30%
1946 1,271+0.85%
1954 1,445+1.62%
1962 1,780+2.64%
1968 2,002+1.98%
1975 2,420+2.75%
1982 3,297+4.52%
1990 3,718+1.51%
1999 3,865+0.43%
2007 4,150+0.89%
2012 4,275+0.60%
2017 4,262−0.06%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Chancelade, EHESS (in French).
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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