Ligueux, Dordogne

Ligueux (French pronunciation: [liɡø]; Occitan: Ligüers) is a former commune in the Dordogne department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Sorges et Ligueux en Périgord.

Ligueux
Part of Sorges et Ligueux en Périgord
Location of Ligueux
Ligueux Ligueux
Coordinates: 45°18′36″N 0°49′11″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Périgueux
Canton	Thiviers
Commune	Sorges et Ligueux en Périgord
Area 1	6.66 km2 (2.57 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	296
• Density	44/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	24460
Elevation	133–212 m (436–696 ft) (avg. 180 m or 590 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 381 —     1800 409 +7.3% 1806 562 +37.4% 1821 376 −33.1% 1831 544 +44.7% 1836 556 +2.2% 1841 538 −3.2% 1846 542 +0.7% 1851 535 −1.3% 1856 580 +8.4% 1861 552 −4.8% 1866 554 +0.4% 1872 535 −3.4% 1876 514 −3.9% 1881 518 +0.8% 1886 503 −2.9% 1891 461 −8.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 477 +3.5% 1901 452 −5.2% 1906 443 −2.0% 1911 431 −2.7% 1921 377 −12.5% 1926 360 −4.5% 1931 352 −2.2% 1936 329 −6.5% 1946 321 −2.4% 1954 331 +3.1% 1962 275 −16.9% 1968 266 −3.3% 1975 211 −20.7% 1982 219 +3.8% 1990 223 +1.8% 1999 204 −8.5% 2008 263 +28.9%

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne department