Lalinde

French commune
nomcommune=Lalinde

région=Aquitaine
département=Dordogne
arrondissement=Bergerac
canton=Lalinde
insee=24223
cp=24150
maire=Pierre Alain Péris
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Bassin Lindois
longitude=0.738888888889
latitude=44.8377777778
alt moy=47 m
alt mini=25
alt maxi=194 m
hectares=2,770
km²=27.7
sans=2966
date-sans=1999
dens=107
date-dens=1999

Lalinde (La Linda in Occitan) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. It lies on the Dordogne River and is enclosed within fortified walls.

In its past, it was a strategically important military site; it suffered various sieges during the Hundred Years' War and again in 1562 and 1572 during the Wars of Religion.

The train station was built in 1877 and the bridge over the Dordogne River in 1880.

In 1944 the local Resistance paid a heavy price when on 21 June many of Lalinde's sons perished in the Mouleydier massacre.

External links

* [http://www.pays-de-bergerac.com/english/tourisme/site_remarquable/monuments-religieux/lalinde/index.asp St Colombe Church in Lalinde]