Chancelade
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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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.
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The abbey in Chancelade | |
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| Coordinates: 45°12′23″N 0°39′58″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Dordogne |
| Arrondissement | Périgueux |
| Canton | Coulounieix-Chamiers |
| Intercommunality | Le Grand Périgueux |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Pascal Serre[1] |
Area 1 | 16.23 km2 (6.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 4,468 |
| • Density | 275.3/km2 (713.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| 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. | |
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.
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