Chancelade

Chancelade
Chancelade

Coordinates: 45°12′23″N 0°39′58″E / 45.2064°N 0.6661°E / 45.2064; 0.6661Coordinates: 45°12′23″N 0°39′58″E / 45.2064°N 0.6661°E / 45.2064; 0.6661
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Périgueux
Canton Périgueux-Ouest
Intercommunality Périgourdine
Government
  Mayor (20092014) Michel Testut
Area1 16.23 km2 (6.27 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 4,174
  Density 260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Chancelade is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Chancelade is known for a prehistoric fossil discovery: the so-called Chancelade skeleton was found in the shelter of Raymonden in 1888. The way it was lying suggested a ritual burial. In 1889, Leo Testut announced that the skeleton was of a new race, which he called the "Chancelade race", the ancestor of the Eskimo. This hypothesis is now rejected, and the Chancelade race is considered to be a Cro-Magnon specimen.

The approximately 60-year-old Chancelade man stands 155 cm tall, with a very large brain size of around 1710cc.

The village is the site of Chancelade Abbey.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793906    
1800679−25.1%
1806703+3.5%
1821948+34.9%
18311,093+15.3%
18361,026−6.1%
18411,001−2.4%
18461,141+14.0%
18511,116−2.2%
18561,164+4.3%
18611,181+1.5%
18661,236+4.7%
18721,096−11.3%
18761,227+12.0%
18811,417+15.5%
18861,384−2.3%
18911,349−2.5%
18961,245−7.7%
19011,267+1.8%
19061,092−13.8%
19111,156+5.9%
19211,117−3.4%
19261,164+4.2%
19311,095−5.9%
19361,168+6.7%
19461,271+8.8%
19541,445+13.7%
19621,780+23.2%
19682,002+12.5%
19752,420+20.9%
19823,297+36.2%
19903,718+12.8%
19993,865+4.0%
20084,174+8.0%

See also

References

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