Piégut-Pluviers
Piégut-Pluviers is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The commune is located 45 km (28 mi) from Angoulême, 65 km (40 mi) from Périgueux and Limoges and 200 km (120 mi) from Bordeaux.
Piégut-Pluviers | |
|---|---|
 Town hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Piégut-Pluviers 
| |
  Piégut-Pluviers  Piégut-Pluviers | |
| Coordinates: 45°37′25″N 0°41′25″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Dordogne |
| Arrondissement | Nontron |
| Canton | Périgord Vert Nontronnais |
| Intercommunality | Périgord Vert Granitique |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Didier Vignal |
| Area 1 | 18.11 km2 (6.99 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 1,166 |
| • Density | 64/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 24328 /24360 |
| Elevation | 216–310 m (709–1,017 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 1,532 | — |
| 1968 | 1,545 | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 1,504 | −2.7% |
| 1982 | 1,527 | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 1,471 | −3.7% |
| 1999 | 1,313 | −10.7% |
| 2008 | 1,216 | −7.4% |
History
In Gallo-Roman times the place was called Podium Acutum. The castle was destroyed by Richard Lionheart in 1199, only the tower is still to be seen. The market on Wednesday morning has been held here since the seventeenth century.
Tower of Piégut
gollark: Also the Krist v2 server is broken.
gollark: Krist as it stands does have some problems though, and in this I agree with Terra - there are a few people who had good GPUs and went in early when the block value was *fifty times* what it is now who own most of the economy.
gollark: I mean, I find that lots of people are willing to sell to me directly at really low prices if I actually ask directly.
gollark: There's only, what, one sell shop around, and there are large differences between buy/sell prices.
gollark: This also has the problem that you need the same production on each end anyway.
See also
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piégut-Pluviers. |
Authority control  |
|
|---|
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.