Cercles
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| Coordinates: 45°21′55″N 0°27′45″E / 45.3653°N 0.4625°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Dordogne |
| Arrondissement | Périgueux |
| Canton | Ribérac |
| Commune | La Tour-Blanche-Cercles |
Area 1 | 15.07 km2 (5.82 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | 183 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (31/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 24320 |
| Elevation | 114–211 m (374–692 ft) (avg. 155 m or 509 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Cercles (French pronunciation: [sɛʁkl] ⓘ; Occitan: Cercle) is a former commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune La Tour-Blanche-Cercles.[2]
History
[edit]From 1825 to 1877, the nearby town of La Chapelle-Montabourlet was incorporated into Cercles.[3]
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 218 | — |
| 1968 | 231 | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 183 | −20.8% |
| 1982 | 187 | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 207 | +10.7% |
| 1999 | 173 | −16.4% |
| 2008 | 179 | +3.5% |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 26 September 2016 (in French)
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Cercles, EHESS (in French).
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