La Roche-Chalais (French pronunciation: [la ʁɔʃ ʃalɛ]; Occitan: La Ròcha Chalés) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
La Roche-Chalais | |
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 The town hall in La Roche-Chalais | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of La Roche-Chalais  | |
  La Roche-Chalais  La Roche-Chalais | |
| Coordinates: 45°09′09″N 0°00′35″E / 45.1525°N 0.0097°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Dordogne |
| Arrondissement | Périgueux |
| Canton | Montpon-Ménestérol |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Michel Sautreau[1] |
| Area 1 | 89.40 km2 (34.52 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 3,018 |
| • Density | 34/km2 (87/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 24354 /24490 |
| Elevation | 12–126 m (39–413 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
editIn 1973 the former communes of Saint-Michel-de-Rivière and Saint-Michel-l'Écluse-et-Léparon were absorbed into La Roche-Chalais.[3][4]
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| Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1975-2017)[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0024, 28 January 1973, pp. 1114-1117.
- ^ a b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Roche-Chalais, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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