Périgueux

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{{Main|History of Périgueux}}

The name Périgueux comes from Petrocorii, a Latinization of Celtic words meaning "the four tribes" – the Gallic people that held the area before the Roman conquest. Périgueux was their capital city. In 200 BC, the Petrocorii came from the north and settled at Périgueux and established an encampment at La Boissière. After the Roman invasion, they left this post and established themselves on the plain of L'Isle, and the town of Vesunna was created. This Roman city was eventually embellished with amenities such as temples, baths, amphitheatres, and a forum. At the end of the third century AD, the Roman city was surrounded by ramparts, and the town took the name of Civitas Petrocoriorum.

In the 10th century, Le Puy-Saint-Front was constructed around an abbey next to the old Gallo-Roman city. It was organised into a municipality around 1182.

During the year 1940, many Jews from Alsace and Alsatians were evacuated to Périgueux.

Simone Mareuil (a lead actress from the surrealist film Un Chien Andalou) committed self-immolation on 24 October 1954 by dousing herself in gasoline and burning herself to death in a public square in Périgueux.

The Isle river flows through Périgueux.

In 2018, 30,060 people lived in the town, while its metropolitan area had a population of 113,384.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=AAV2020-101+UU2020-24501+COM-24322 Comparateur de territoire], INSEE, retrieved 20 June 2022.

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|1793 |9898

|1800 |5733

|1806 |6306

|1821 |8452

|1831 |8956

|1836 |11576

|1841 |12187

|1846 |11455

|1851 |13547

|1856 |16291

|1861 |19140

|1866 |19633

|1872 |19956

|1876 |24169

|1881 |25969

|1886 |29611

|1891 |31439

|1896 |31313

|1901 |31976

|1906 |31361

|1911 |33548

|1921 |33144

|1926 |33389

|1931 |33988

|1936 |37615

|1946 |40865

|1954 |40785

|1962 |38529

|1968 |37450

|1975 |35120

|1982 |32916

|1990 |30280

|1999 |30193

|2007 |29416

|2012 |29906

|2017 |29966

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Sights include: the remains of a Roman amphitheatre (known locally as the arènes romaines) the centre of which has been turned into a green park with a water fountain; the remains of a temple of the Gallic goddess "Vesunna"; and a luxurious Roman villa, called the "Domus of Vesunna", built around a garden courtyard surrounded by a colonnaded peristyle now housed in the Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum.

{{Main|Périgueux Cathedral}}

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The cathedral of St Front was built after 1120 and restored in the 19th century.

The history of the church of St Front of Périgueux has given rise to numerous discussions between archaeologists. Félix de Verneihl claims that St Front's was a copy of St Mark's Basilica in Venice; Quicherat, that it was copied from the church of the Holy Apostles of Constantinople. M. Brutails is of the opinion that even if the style of St Front's reveals an imitation of Oriental art, the construction differs altogether from Byzantine methods. The dates 984–1047, often given for the erection of St Front's, he considers too early; he thinks that the present church of St Front was built about 1120–1173, in imitation of a foreign monument by a native local school of architecture which erected the other domed buildings in the south-west of France.

The local architect, Paul Abadie (1812–1884), was responsible for radical changes to St Front's which are no longer appreciated by architects or local residents who prefer the purer Romanesque church of Saint-Étienne de la Cité, the former Cathedral of Périgueux.

The cathedral is part of the World Heritage Sites of the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France.

Périgueux railway station offers connections to Limoges, Bordeaux, Brive-la-Gaillarde, and other regional destinations. The trains are operated by train company SNCF.

Périgueux has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) with warm to hot summers combined with cool to mild winters. Périgueux has a mild climate for its latitude and inland position due to the significant Gulf Stream influence on the Bay of Biscay to its west. The resulting maritime air warms winters, while at the same time it is far enough inland to cause relatively warm summers on average.

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|Feb record high C = 23.1

|Mar record high C = 27.6

|Apr record high C = 29.3

|May record high C = 32.0

|Jun record high C = 38.1

|Jul record high C = 38.0

|Aug record high C = 40.0

|Sep record high C = 36.1

|Oct record high C = 31.1

|Nov record high C = 23.9

|Dec record high C = 19.1

|year record high C = 40.0

|Jan high C = 8.9

|Feb high C = 10.4

|Mar high C = 14.4

|Apr high C = 16.9

|May high C = 20.8

|Jun high C = 24.0

|Jul high C = 27.0

|Aug high C = 27.2

|Sep high C = 24.0

|Oct high C = 18.8

|Nov high C = 12.9

|Dec high C = 9.7

|year high C = 17.7

|Jan mean C = 5.1

|Feb mean C = 5.9

|Mar mean C = 8.9

|Apr mean C = 11.2

|May mean C = 15.0

|Jun mean C = 18.1

|Jul mean C = 20.6

|Aug mean C = 20.5

|Sep mean C = 17.4

|Oct mean C = 13.6

|Nov mean C = 8.7

|Dec mean C = 5.6

|year mean C = 12.4

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|Feb low C = 1.4

|Mar low C = 3.4

|Apr low C = 5.5

|May low C = 9.2

|Jun low C = 12.2

|Jul low C = 14.3

|Aug low C = 13.8

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|Oct low C = 8.3

|Nov low C = 4.5

|Dec low C = 1.6

|year low C = 7.0

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|Feb record low C = -13.7

|Mar record low C = -15.1

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|Jun record low C = 1.0

|Jul record low C = 5.0

|Aug record low C = 1.8

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|Oct record low C = -3.3

|Nov record low C = -9.2

|Dec record low C = -12.0

|year record low C = -17.5

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|Feb precipitation mm = 65.3

|Mar precipitation mm = 70.4

|Apr precipitation mm = 81.1

|May precipitation mm = 81.2

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|Dec precipitation mm = 68.9

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Périgueux was the birthplace of:

• Pierre Daumesnil (1776–1832), general of the First Empire.
• Georges Bégué (1911–1993), engineer and agent in the Special Operations Executive
• Francine Benoît (1894–1990), composer, music critic and teacher, who gained Portuguese citizenship in 1929.
• William Joseph Chaminade (1761–1850), founder of the Society of Mary (Marianists) and the Daughters of Mary Immaculate
• Patrick Ollier (1944–), politician, President of the National Assembly in 2007.
• Jean Clédat (1871–1943), Egyptologist, archaeologist, and philologist.
• Ketty Kerviel (1916–2009), film actress
• Nicole Duclos (1947–), athlete.
• Rachilde (1860–1953), writer associated with the Decadent and Symbolist movements.
• Julien Dupuy (1983–), rugby union player.
• René Thomas (1886–1975), racing driver, winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 1914.

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}

Périgueux is twinned with:{{cite web| url = http://www.cncd.fr/frontoffice/bdd-region.asp?action=getRegion&id=2#tabs3| title = National Commission for Decentralised cooperation| access-date = 2013-12-26| work = Délégation pour l’Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères)| language = fr| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://archive.today/20131008010503/http://www.cncd.fr/frontoffice/bdd-region.asp?action=getRegion&id=2#tabs3| archive-date = 8 October 2013}}

• {{flagicon|GER}} Amberg, Germany

• Communes of the Dordogne department
• Périgord
• Coderc Plaza
• History of Périgueux
• Plumancy Square
• Carnaval de Périgueux
• Laure-Gatet High School
• Roman Road from Saintes to Périgueux

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• {{Catholic Encyclopedia|wstitle=Diocese of Périgueux}}
• {{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20120305100739/http://www.ville-perigueux.fr/ City council of Périgueux]
• {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.periblog.fr/ reports on culture and people in Périgueux]
• {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.guide-du-perigord.com Web site of the Périgord]
• {{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20141007202514/http://www.perigueux-city.com/ Perigueux-city.com]

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