La Bachellerie

La Bachellerie
Commune
Chateau of Rastignac
Location of La Bachellerie
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Coordinates: 45°08′48″N 1°09′15″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Sarlat-la-Canéda
Canton	Haut-Périgord Noir
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Roland Moulinier[1]
Area ^1	17.34 km^2 (6.70 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	895
• Density	52/km^2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	24020 /24210
Elevation	94–281 m (308–922 ft) (avg. 121 m or 397 ft)
Website	http://www.labachellerie-perigord.fr/
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Bachellerie (French pronunciation: [la baʃɛlʁi]; Occitan: La Bachalariá) is a commune in the Dordogne department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	733	—
1975	668	−1.32%
1982	711	+0.90%
1990	722	+0.19%
1999	664	−0.93%
2009	890	+2.97%
2014	915	+0.56%
2020	894	−0.39%
Source: INSEE[3]

Notable people

• The French sprinter, journalist and writer Guy Lagorce was born in La Bachellerie in 1937.
• Geographer and historian Thérèse Sclafert was born in La Bachellerie in 1876.

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE