Ribérac

French commune
nomcommune=Ribérac
région=Aquitaine
département=Dordogne
arrondissement=Périgueux
canton=Ribérac
insee=24352
cp=24600
maire=
mandat=
intercomm=
longitude=0.339722222222
latitude=45.2477777778
alt moy=68 m
alt mini=54 m
alt maxi=155 m
hectares=2279
km²=22.79
sans=4000
date-sans=1999
dens=175
date-dens=1999

Ribérac ( _oc. Rabairac) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. The commune is situated by the Dronne river.

History

In 1793, the commune of Faye joined with Ribérac. In 1851, a part of the commune was dismembered for the creation of the new commune of Saint-Martin-de-Ribérac. Ribérac was the old sous-préfecture that was removed in a decree of September 10, 1926.

Historical population

Personalities

*Arnaut Daniel
*Jean-Pierre Escalettes a president in exercise of the French Football Federation, a professor of English in Ribérac.

ee also

*Communes of the Dordogne department

References

"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."

External links

* [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=24352 Ribérac on the l'Institut Géographique National site]
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=24352&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Ribérac in the INSEE site]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Ribérac Ribérac on the Quid site]
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatLocalisation.php?InseeVille=24352 Location of Ribérac in the map of France]