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
Area 1	16.23 km2 (6.27 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	4,468
• Density	275.3/km2 (713.0/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%
1901	1,267	+0.35%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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%
2023	4,468	+0.79%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne department