Les Eyzies
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil is a former commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It was created in 1973 by the merger of two former communes: Les Eyzies-de-Tayac and Sireuil.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cro-Magnon rock shelter and Font-de-Gaume.
Cro-Magnon rock shelter
Archaeological site
Photo: 120, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cro-Magnon is an Aurignacian site, located in a rock shelter in the commune of Les Eyzies, Dordogne, southwestern France. Most notably, it is the site of the discovery of anatomically modern human remains, apparently buried at the site, dated to about 28,000 years ago.
Font-de-Gaume
Cave
Photo: Traumrune, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Font-de-Gaume is a cave near Les Eyzies in the Dordogne department of south-west France. The cave contains prehistoric polychrome cave paintings and engravings dating to the Magdalenian period.
Les Combarelles
Cave
Photo: Sémhur, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Les Combarelles is a cave in Les Eyzies de Tayac, Dordogne, France, which was inhabited by Cro-Magnon people between approximately 13,000 to 11,000 years ago.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sireuil.
Sireuil
Village
Photo: MOSSOT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sireuil is a village, which is situated 4½ km east of Les Eyzies.
Les Eyzies
- Type: Locality with 1,090 residents
- Also known as: “24172”
- Location: Arrondissement of Sarlat-la-Canéda, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Latitude
44.9356° or 44° 56′ 8″ northLongitude
1.0169° or 1° 1′ 1″ eastPopulation
1,090Elevation
72 metres (236 feet)Open location code
8FP3W2P8+6QGeoNames ID
6616154
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- French: “Les Eyzies”
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