Chancelade Explained

Chancelade
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Périgueux
Canton:Coulounieix-Chamiers
Insee:24102
Postal Code:24650
Mayor:Pascal Serre[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Le Grand Périgueux
Coordinates:45.2064°N 0.6661°W
Elevation Min M:73
Elevation Max M:198
Area Km2:16.23

Chancelade (in French pronounced as /ʃɑ̃slad/; Occitan (post 1500);: Chancelada) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The village is the site of Chancelade Abbey.

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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.