Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Dordogne

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Coordinates: 45°20′34″N 0°59′31″E / 45.342788, 0.991944

Commune of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Location
Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Dordogne (France)
Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Dordogne
Administration
Country France
Region Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Arrondissement Périgueux
Canton Excideuil
Statistics
Elevation 127 m–297 m
(avg. 150 m)
Land area¹ 19.01 km²
Population²
(1999)		 467
 - Density 24/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 24417/ 24160
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.
France

Saint-Germain-des-Prés is a commune in the canton of Excideuil of the Dordogne department in the Aquitaine région in France.

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[edit] Floods

On the nights of June 13 and 14, 2007, the village was affected by a violent flood caused by torrential downpours. It transformed the Ravillou river along with the Merdanson, the flood devastated the village and a 12th century built bridge which connects the departmental road 76.

[edit] Population

Year Population Density Percent of the canton
1962 558 - -
1968 582 - -
1975 542 - -
1982 537 - -
1990 508 - -
1999 467 24/km² 8.23%

[edit] Other

Saint-Germain-des-Prés has a school, a church, a park and a square.

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[edit] See also

Communes of the Canton of Excideuil
Anlhiac | Clermont-d'Excideuil | Excideuil | Génis | Preyssac-d'Excideuil | Saint-Germain-des-Prés | Saint-Jory-las-Bloux | Saint-Martial-d'Albarède | Saint-Médard-d'Excideuil | Saint-Mesmin | Saint-Pantaly-d'Excideuil | Saint-Raphaël | Sainte-Trie | Salagnac
France | Aquitaine | Dordogne | Arrondissement of Périgueux | Canton of Excideuil