Lisle | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Lisle 24.svg |
Arrondissement: | Périgueux |
Canton: | Brantôme en Périgord |
Insee: | 24243 |
Postal Code: | 24350 |
Mayor: | Joël Constant[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 45.2789°N 0.5494°W |
Elevation Min M: | 76 |
Elevation Max M: | 217 |
Area Km2: | 17.97 |
Lisle (in French pronounced as /lil/; Occitan (post 1500);: L'Esla) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
In October 1537, the town was badly damaged by a company of Gascon recruits under Joachim de Montluc, brother of the more famous Blaise de Montluc. Unpaid and unfed, the troops had demanded "free quarter", which was refused.
Lisle has a kindergarten and a primary school, a church, a square in front of the town hall and another called La Place des Banquettes. It is well-served commercially with a bakery, a bar/bistrot, a bar/hotel/restaurant, a butchers, a pharmacy, a post office, a beauticians, 2 hairdressers, mini supermarket, Credit Agricole cashpoint and a restaurant on the banks of the Dronne river, Le Moulin du Pont. There is also a health centre with 2 doctors, a dentist, physiotherapist, podiatrist and other medical practitioners.
It is quite an active village with the Comite des Fetes and Amicale Laique organising events throughout the year including the four-day Fete de la St Roch the weekend contains or just after the 15th of August.