The arrondissement of Périgueux is an arrondissement of France in the Dordogne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 143 communes. Its population is 175,870 (2021), and its area is 2,869.3 km2 (1,107.8 sq mi).
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Composition
The communes of the arrondissement of Périgueux, and their INSEE codes, are:
History
The arrondissement of Périgueux was created in 1800. By 1841 the population was 105,753; there were 116 communes and 9 cantons in that year.
At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Dordogne, it gained 21 communes from the arrondissement of Bergerac, and it lost 28 communes to the arrondissement of Nontron and 22 communes to the arrondissement of Sarlat-la-Canéda.
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Périgueux were, as of January 2015: