Chancelade

Chancelade
Chancelade
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Périgueux
Canton	Périgueux-Ouest
Intercommunality	Périgourdine
Mayor	Michel Testut (2009–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	73–198 m (240–650 ft)
Land area1	16.23 km2 (6.27 sq mi)
Population2	4,174  (2008)
- Density	257 /km2 (670 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	24102/ 24650
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 45°12′23″N 0°39′58″E / 45.2063888889°N 0.666111111111°E / 45.2063888889; 0.666111111111

Chancelade is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Chancelade is known for a prehistoric discovery: the so-called Chancelade skeleton was found in the shelter of Raymonden in 1888. The way it was lying suggested a ritual burial. In 1889, Leo Testut announced that the skeleton was of a new race, which he called the "Chancelade race", the ancestor of the Eskimo. This hypothesis is now rejected, and the Chancelade race is considered to be a Cro-Magnon.

The Chancelade man stands 155 cm tall with very big brain size, at about 1710cc.

Population

Historical populations
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	906	—
1800	679	−25.1%
1806	703	+3.5%
1821	948	+34.9%
1831	1,093	+15.3%
1836	1,026	−6.1%
1841	1,001	−2.4%
1846	1,141	+14.0%
1851	1,116	−2.2%
1856	1,164	+4.3%
1861	1,181	+1.5%
1866	1,236	+4.7%
1872	1,096	−11.3%
1876	1,227	+12.0%
1881	1,417	+15.5%
1886	1,384	−2.3%
1891	1,349	−2.5%
1896	1,245	−7.7%
1901	1,267	+1.8%
1906	1,092	−13.8%
1911	1,156	+5.9%
1921	1,117	−3.4%
1926	1,164	+4.2%
1931	1,095	−5.9%
1936	1,168	+6.7%
1946	1,271	+8.8%
1954	1,445	+13.7%
1962	1,780	+23.2%
1968	2,002	+12.5%
1975	2,420	+20.9%
1982	3,297	+36.2%
1990	3,718	+12.8%
1999	3,865	+4.0%
2008	4,174	+8.0%

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne department

References

• INSEE