- Savignac-Lédrier
French commune
nomcommune=Savignac-Lédrier
région=Aquitaine
département=Dordogne
arrondissement=Nontron
canton=Lanouaille
insee=24526
cp=24270
maire=
mandat=
intercomm=
longitude=1.22138888889
latitude=45.3647222222
alt moy=330 m
alt mini=214
alt maxi=374 m
hectares=2690
km²=26.9
sans=746
date-sans=1999
dens=27
date-dens=1999Savignac-Lédrier is a commune in the
Dordogne department inAquitaine in southwesternFrance .Geography
The commune is situated by the
Auvézère river, the commune are bounded with other communes includingSaint-Cyr-les-Champagnes , Saint-Mesmin,Lanouaille and Payzac. The principal town (La Chapelle) and two villages (La Garanne and La Croix-Merle) are linked with the town of Payzac. The two area have a distance of 700 m.History
The area was in an older parish and a province until the
French Revolution , during the creation of the departments ("département") in 1790, the commune became a part of the Corrèze departement, three years later in 1793, it was attached to the Dordogne and that where it is currently located.Population
Monuments
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Château de Bard
*Château de la Forge , used from the 15th to the 19th centuriesee also
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Communes of the Dordogne département References
"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."
External links
* [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=24526 Savignac-Lédrier on the l'Institut Géographique National site]
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=24526&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Savignac-Lédrier in the INSEE site]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Savignac-Lédrier Savignac-Lédrier on the Quid site]
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatLocalisation.php?InseeVille=24526 Location of Savignac-Lédrier in the map of France]
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