Cercles

Cercles
Cercles
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Cercles
Coordinates: 45°21′55″N 0°27′45″E / 45.3653°N 0.4625°E / 45.3653; 0.4625Coordinates: 45°21′55″N 0°27′45″E / 45.3653°N 0.4625°E / 45.3653; 0.4625
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Périgueux
Canton Ribérac
Area1 15.07 km2 (5.82 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 179
  Density 12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 24093 /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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Cercles 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.[1]

History

From 1825 to 1877, the nearby town of La Chapelle-Montabourlet was incorporated into Cercles.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962218    
1968231+6.0%
1975183−20.8%
1982187+2.2%
1990207+10.7%
1999173−16.4%
2008179+3.5%

See also

References

  1. Arrêté préfectoral 26 September 2016 (in French)
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