Chancelade
Chancelade is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The village is the site of Chancelade Abbey. The so-called "Chancelade man" was found in the nearby Raymonden rock shelter in 1888, the skeleton of an approximately 60-year-old male who was buried there in the Magdalenian, roughly 15,000 years ago.Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality with 4,470 residents
- Description: commune in Dordogne, France
- Also known as: “24102”
- Neighbors: Périgueux
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chapelle Saint-Jean and Chancelade Abbey.
Chancelade Abbey
Monastery
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chancelade Abbey is an Augustinian monastery in Chancelade in the Dordogne. It was founded in 1129. The abbey was damaged by English troops in the 14th century during the Hundred Years' War and again by Protestants in the 16th century during the French Wars of Religion.
Église Saint-Saturnin (Marsac-sur-l’Isle)
Church
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Saturnin (Marsac-sur-l’Isle) is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Périgueux and Coulounieix-Chamiers.
Périgueux
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Périgueux is a commune in the Dordogne department, in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Périgueux is the prefecture of Dordogne, and was the capital city of the historic region of Périgord.
Coulounieix-Chamiers
Village
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Coulounieix-Chamiers is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a suburb of Périgueux.
Marsac-sur-l’Isle
Village
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Marsac-sur-l'Isle is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Chancelade
- Category: commune of France
- Location: Arrondissement of Périgueux, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Chancelade” goes by many names.
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- Aragonese: “Chancelada”
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- Chechen: “Шанселад”
- Chinese: “Chancelade”
- Chinese: “尚斯拉德”
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- Occitan (post 1500): “Chancelada”
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- Russian: “Шанселад”
- Sardinian: “Chancelade”
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- Serbian: “Шанселад”
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- Tatar: “Шанселад”
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- Ukrainian: “Шанселад”
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