Saint-Germain-des-Prés | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Nontron |
Canton: | Isle-Loue-Auvézère |
Insee: | 24417 |
Postal Code: | 24160 |
Mayor: | Jean-Pierre Valentin[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 45.3428°N 0.9919°W |
Elevation M: | 150 |
Elevation Min M: | 127 |
Elevation Max M: | 297 |
Area Km2: | 19.01 |
Saint-Germain-des-Prés (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ de pʁe/; Occitan (post 1500);: Sent Gèrman daus Prats) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
On the night of 13–14 June 2007, a flash flood caused by a storm turned the river Ravillou and its tributary Merdanson into devastating torrents, that damaged the town and the bridge across the Ravillou.