Thiviers

Thiviers
Commune
The church in Thiviers
Coat of arms
Location of Thiviers
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Coordinates: 45°25′07″N 0°55′20″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Nontron
Canton	Thiviers
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Isabelle Hyvoz[1]
Area ^1	27.77 km^2 (10.72 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,865
• Density	100/km^2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	24551 /24800
Elevation	147–303 m (482–994 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Thiviers (French pronunciation: [tivje]; Occitan: Tivier) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,838	—
1975	4,154	+1.14%
1982	3,915	−0.84%
1990	3,590	−1.08%
1999	3,261	−1.06%
2007	3,174	−0.34%
2012	3,115	−0.37%
2017	2,877	−1.58%
Source: INSEE[3]

Personalities

It is notable as being the town in which Jean-Paul Sartre lived as a child. Painter Pierre Bouillon was born there.

Geography

The Côle forms part of the commune's northwestern border. Thiviers station has rail connections to Bordeaux, Périgueux and Limoges.

See also

• Château de Vaucocour
• 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. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE