Périgueux
Périgueux
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Prefecture and commune | |
View of the city centre and St Front's cathedral from the east bank of river Isle | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Périgueux | |
Périgueux Périgueux | |
| Coordinates: 45°11′34″N 0°43′18″E / 45.1929°N 0.7217°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Dordogne |
| Arrondissement | Périgueux |
| Canton | Périgueux-1 and 2 |
| Intercommunality | Le Grand Périgueux |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Delphine Labails |
Area 1 | 9.82 km2 (3.79 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 154.4 km2 (59.6 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,061 km2 (410 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | 29,055 |
| • Density | 2,960/km2 (7,660/sq mi) |
| • Urban (2022) | 66,044 |
| • Urban density | 427.7/km2 (1,108/sq mi) |
| • Metro (2022) | 114,349 |
| • Metro density | 107.8/km2 (279.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 24322 /24000 |
| Elevation | 75–189 m (246–620 ft) (avg. 101 m or 331 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Périgueux (/ˌpɛrɪˈɡɜː/, French: [peʁiɡø] ⓘ; Occitan: Peireguers [pejɾeˈɣɥes, pejɾeˈɡœː] or Periguers [peɾiˈɣɥes, peɾiˈɡœː]) is a commune in the Dordogne department, in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.
Périgueux is the prefecture of Dordogne, and was the capital city of the historic region of Périgord. It is also the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese.