Cercles

Part of La Tour-Blanche-Cercles in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Location of Cercles
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45°21′55″N 0°27′45″E / 45.3653°N 0.4625°E / 45.3653; 0.4625CountryFranceRegionNouvelle-AquitaineDepartmentDordogneArrondissementPérigueuxCantonRibéracCommuneLa Tour-Blanche-CerclesArea
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15.07 km2 (5.82 sq mi)Population
 (2019)[1]
183 • Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code
24320
Elevation114–211 m (374–692 ft)
(avg. 155 m or 509 ft)1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cercles (French pronunciation: [sɛʁkl] ⓘ; Occitan: Cercle) is a former commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune La Tour-Blanche-Cercles.[2]

History

From 1825 to 1877, the nearby town of La Chapelle-Montabourlet was incorporated into Cercles.[3]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962218—    
1968231+6.0%
1975183−20.8%
1982187+2.2%
1990207+10.7%
1999173−16.4%
2008179+3.5%

See also

References

  1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 26 September 2016 (in French)
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Cercles, EHESS (in French).
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