- Le Fleix
Le Fleix is a commune in the
Dordogne department inAquitaine in southwesternFrance .Le Fleix is on the edge of the
Dordogne River at a place where the river bends. This is likely the origin of the name "flexus". There are currently approximately 1,200 inhabitants, a number that has gone largely unchanged since theMiddle Ages .Le Fleix is famous for the
Treaty of Fleix , signed there in 1580.There were once two castles in Le Fleix, the Old Castle, which was destroyed, and the New Castle built in the 17th century as a residence for
Frédéric de Foix . It was sold during theFrench Revolution , and became aProtestant church in 1805. Theharbour is active in the timber and wine trades. The economy, once based on the river, is now primarily viticultural.ee also
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Communes of the Dordogne department References
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