Excideuil

Château d'Excideuil (right)

Coat of arms

Excideuil

Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region

Excideuil

Coordinates: 45°20′15″N 1°03′01″E / 45.3375°N 1.0503°ECoordinates: 45°20′15″N 1°03′01″E / 45.3375°N 1.0503°E

Country

Government

• Mayor (2012–2014)

Claude Bossavy

Area¹

5.02 km² (1.94 sq mi)

Population (2008)²

1,314

• Density

260/km² (680/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

24164 / 24160

Elevation

140–253 m (459–830 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Excideuil (Occitan: Eissiduelh) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.

Excideuil is located in the Périgord Vert area, on a limestone plateau between the upper courses of the rivers Isle and Auvézère. The river Loue runs through the town. Excideuil is located about 60 km (37 mi) from Limoges, 34 km (21 mi) from Périgueux, 15 km (9.3 mi) from Hautefort and 12 km (7.5 mi) from Tourtoirac. Its built-up area continues into the territory of the adjacent communes Saint-Martial-d'Albarède and Saint-Médard-d'Excideuil.

The first reference to Excideuil, as Exidolium is found in a will document from Aredius, also known as Yrieix, dated 572. The town has been referred also as Issidor, Excidour and Excideuilh. This name is made of the Celtic word ialo (meaning "clearing, glade", "place of") suffixed to a radical Exito (Gaul name) or Exitus.

Excideuil was attacked in 1182 around Pentecost by Richard I of England, as mentioned in Rerum gallicarum et francicarum scriptores:

Gui d'Excideuil is an Old French romance, written in the 12th century, whose text is now lost.

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