Beynac-et-Cazenac

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Coordinates: 44°50′28″N 1°08′41″E / 44.8411111111, 1.14472222222

Commune of Augignac
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Sarlat-la-Canéda
Canton	Sarlat-la-Canéda
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Périgord Noir
Mayor	Alain Passerieux (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	53 m–288 m
Land area¹	12.74 km²
Population² (1999)	506
- Density	39/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	24040/ 24220
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Beynac-et-Cazenac is a French commune in the administrative district of Aquitaine in the Arrondissement of Sarlat-la-Canéda. The medieval Château de Beynac is located in the commune.

The village is classified as one of Les plus beaux villages de France (The most beautiful villages of France).^[1]

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Demography 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Geography

The commune lies on the banks of the Dordogne River, 10 km the southwest of Sarlat-la-Canéda.

[edit] History

In 1827, the communes of Beynac and Cazenac were merged under the current name.

[edit] Demography

Date of Population

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2004 - - 355 410 411 460 498 506 - - - For the census of 1962 to 1999 the official population corresponds with the population without duplicates according to the INSEE.

[edit] See also

• Château de Beynac

[edit] References