Chancelade

Chancelade (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃slad]; Occitan: Chancelada) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The village is the site of Chancelade Abbey.

Chancelade
Commune
The abbey in Chancelade
Location of Chancelade
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Coordinates: 45°12′23″N 0°39′58″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Périgueux
Canton	Coulounieix-Chamiers
Intercommunality	Le Grand Périgueux
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Serre[1]
Area 1	16.23 km2 (6.27 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	4,442
• Density	270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	24102 /24650
Elevation	73–198 m (240–650 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The so-called "Chancelade man" was found in the nearby Raymonden rock shelter in 1888, the skeleton of an approximately 60-year-old male who was buried there in the Magdalenian, roughly 15,000 years ago.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 906 —     1800 679 −4.04% 1806 703 +0.58% 1821 948 +2.01% 1831 1,093 +1.43% 1836 1,026 −1.26% 1841 1,001 −0.49% 1846 1,141 +2.65% 1851 1,116 −0.44% 1856 1,164 +0.85% 1861 1,181 +0.29% 1866 1,236 +0.91% 1872 1,096 −1.98% 1876 1,227 +2.86% 1881 1,417 +2.92% 1886 1,384 −0.47% 1891 1,349 −0.51% 1896 1,245 −1.59%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,267 +0.35% 1906 1,092 −2.93% 1911 1,156 +1.15% 1921 1,117 −0.34% 1926 1,164 +0.83% 1931 1,095 −1.21% 1936 1,168 +1.30% 1946 1,271 +0.85% 1954 1,445 +1.62% 1962 1,780 +2.64% 1968 2,002 +1.98% 1975 2,420 +2.75% 1982 3,297 +4.52% 1990 3,718 +1.51% 1999 3,865 +0.43% 2007 4,150 +0.89% 2012 4,275 +0.60% 2017 4,262 −0.06%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne department