Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle

Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle
Commune
The town hall in Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle
Location of Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle
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Coordinates: 45°06′56″N 0°30′19″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Périgueux
Canton	Saint-Astier
Intercommunality	Isle Vern Salembre en Périgord
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Saurin[1]
Area ^1	14.78 km^2 (5.71 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,051
• Density	140/km^2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	24442 /24110
Elevation	56–192 m (184–630 ft) (avg. 73 m or 240 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ le.ɔ̃ syʁ lil], literally Saint Léon on the Isle; Limousin: Sent Leu d’Eila) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle station has rail connections to Bordeaux, Périgueux, Brive-la-Gaillarde and Limoges.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,009 —     1800 968 −0.59% 1806 1,037 +1.15% 1821 1,011 −0.17% 1831 1,058 +0.46% 1836 1,073 +0.28% 1841 1,093 +0.37% 1846 1,032 −1.14% 1851 1,062 +0.57% 1856 1,013 −0.94% 1861 998 −0.30% 1866 1,016 +0.36% 1872 913 −1.77% 1876 895 −0.50% 1881 960 +1.41% 1886 985 +0.52% 1891 978 −0.14% 1896 897 −1.71%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 918 +0.46% 1906 870 −1.07% 1911 786 −2.01% 1921 679 −1.45% 1926 668 −0.33% 1931 676 +0.24% 1936 683 +0.21% 1946 708 +0.36% 1954 745 +0.64% 1962 842 +1.54% 1968 1,436 +9.31% 1975 1,708 +2.51% 1982 1,872 +1.32% 1990 1,934 +0.41% 1999 1,877 −0.33% 2007 1,942 +0.43% 2012 2,054 +1.13% 2017 2,027 −0.26%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE