Mareuil, Dordogne

Mareuil (French pronunciation: [maʁœj]; Limousin: Maruelh), known locally as Mareuil-sur-Belle, 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 Mareuil en Périgord.^[2] It was the birthplace of the troubadour Arnaut de Mareuil and of historian Michel Tardieu (born 1938).

Mareuil
Part of Mareuil en Périgord
Chateau
Coat of arms
Location of Mareuil
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Coordinates: 45°27′05″N 0°27′11″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Nontron
Canton	Brantôme
Commune	Mareuil en Périgord
Area 1	25.13 km2 (9.70 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	1,054
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	24340
Elevation	105–207 m (344–679 ft) (avg. 124 m or 407 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 696 —     1800 755 +8.5% 1806 784 +3.8% 1821 841 +7.3% 1831 1,624 +93.1% 1836 1,661 +2.3% 1841 1,765 +6.3% 1846 1,828 +3.6% 1851 1,837 +0.5% 1856 1,779 −3.2% 1861 1,676 −5.8% 1866 1,624 −3.1% 1872 1,565 −3.6% 1876 1,543 −1.4% 1881 1,603 +3.9% 1886 1,616 +0.8% 1891 1,604 −0.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 1,483 −7.5% 1901 1,392 −6.1% 1906 1,404 +0.9% 1911 1,341 −4.5% 1921 1,302 −2.9% 1926 1,209 −7.1% 1931 1,195 −1.2% 1936 1,283 +7.4% 1946 1,228 −4.3% 1954 1,167 −5.0% 1962 1,137 −2.6% 1968 1,103 −3.0% 1975 1,209 +9.6% 1982 1,210 +0.1% 1990 1,194 −1.3% 1999 1,113 −6.8% 2008 1,130 +1.5%

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne department