Chancelade

Chancelade
The abbey in Chancelade
The abbey in Chancelade
Location of Chancelade
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Chancelade is located in France
Chancelade
Chancelade
Chancelade is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Chancelade
Chancelade
Coordinates: 45°12′23″N 0°39′58″E / 45.2064°N 0.6661°E / 45.2064; 0.6661
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentDordogne
ArrondissementPérigueux
CantonCoulounieix-Chamiers
IntercommunalityLe Grand Périgueux
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Pascal Serre[1]
Area
1
16.23 km2 (6.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
4,435
 • Density270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
24102 /24650
Elevation73–198 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.

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.

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.

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.