Thiviers | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason-A ville fr Thiviers (Dordogne).svg |
Arrondissement: | Nontron |
Canton: | Thiviers |
Insee: | 24551 |
Postal Code: | 24800 |
Mayor: | Isabelle Hyvoz[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 45.4186°N 0.9222°W |
Elevation Min M: | 147 |
Elevation Max M: | 303 |
Area Km2: | 27.77 |
Thiviers (in French pronounced as /tivje/; Occitan (post 1500);: Tivier) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
It is notable as being the town in which Jean-Paul Sartre lived as a child. Painter Pierre Bouillon was born there.
The Côle forms part of the commune's northwestern border. Thiviers station has rail connections to Bordeaux, Périgueux and Limoges.