24 July 2020 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Boulazac Isle Manoire has been a French
commune nouvelle in the
Dordogne department in the
Nouvelle-Aquitaine region with a population of 10,600 since January 1, 2016. The municipality belongs to the
Arrondissement Périgeux and the
canton of
Isle-Manoire . It emerged from the fusion of
Atur ,
Boulazac and
Saint-Laurent-sur-Manoire . On January 1, 2017,
Sainte-Marie-de-Chignac joined the municipality.
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23 July 2020 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Coulounieix-Chamiers (
Occitan :
Colonhés e Champs Niers ) is a
municipality in the
French region of
Aquitaine with 7,700 inhabitants. It is located in the
Dordogne department , belongs to the
Arrondissement Périgueux and is part of the
canton of
Coulounieix-Chamiers . The inhabitants are called
Colomniérois .
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22 July 2020 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Trélissac is a
commune in the
Dordogne department in the
Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in France. Administratively, it belongs to the
Arrondissement Périgueux and is part of the
canton of
Trélissac . The inhabitants are called
Trélissacois . The
River Isle forms the southern boundary of the municipality, which is a
banlieue of
Périgueux .
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21 July 2020 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Saint-Astier is a small town and a
French municipality with 5,500 inhabitants in the
Dordogne department in the
Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . The municipality consists of the main town as well as a few
hamlets (
hameaux ) and individual farmsteads (
fermes ). The continued population growth of the small town is largely due to immigration from the surrounding rural areas as a result of the increasing
mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of smallholder farms.
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