Lalinde
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Lalinde
|commune status = Commune
|image = Lalinde, Dordogne, France 1993.jpg
|caption = Lalinde and the Dordogne
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Lalinde.svg
|arrondissement = Bergerac
|canton = Lalinde
|INSEE = 24223
|postal code = 24150
|term = 2021–2026
|intercommunality =
|coordinates = {{coord|44.8378|0.7389|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 47
|elevation min m = 25
|elevation max m = 194
|area km2 = 27.7
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Lalinde ({{IPA|fr|lalɛ̃d}}; {{langx|oc|La Linda}}) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It lies on the river Dordogne and was enclosed within fortified walls of which little remains today. Lalinde station and Couze station have rail connections to Bordeaux, Bergerac and Sarlat-la-Canéda.
History
In its past, it was a strategically important military site being the first "English bastide town"; it suffered various sieges during the Hundred Years' War and again in 1562 and 1572 during the Wars of Religion.
The train station was built in 1877 and the bridge over the Dordogne River in 1880, though there are signs of earlier crossings including a ford going back to Roman times.
In 1944 the local Resistance paid a heavy price when on 21 June many of Lalinde's sons perished in the Mouleydier massacre.
On 11 July 1964, during the 19th stage of the Tour de France, the worst accident in the history of the Tour took place. A tanker driven by a gendarme ran into spectators at a narrow bridge crossing the Lalinde canal at Port-de-Couze. Nine people died and another 13 were injured.{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1964/07/12/page/22/article/8-die-as-gas-truck-slams-into-bike-fans |title=8 Die as Gas Truck Slams into Bike Fans |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=12 July 1964 |page=22}} (The casualty figures in this early report were provisional.) A stone marker commemorates the event.
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-24223#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |3291
|1975 |3070
|1982 |2949
|1990 |3029
|1999 |2966
|2007 |2937
|2012 |2953
|2017 |2794
}}
Twin towns
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Lalinde}}
- [http://www.pays-de-bergerac.com/english/tourisme/site_remarquable/monuments-religieux/lalinde/index.asp St Colombe Church in Lalinde]
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