Brantôme en Périgord
commune in Dordogne, France
Brantôme en Périgord (French pronunciation: [bʁɑ̃tom ɑ̃ peʁiɡɔʁ], literally Brantôme in Périgord; Occitan: Brantòsme de Perigòrd) is a commune in the Dordogne department of southwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by the merger of the former communes of Brantôme and Saint-Julien-de-Bourdeilles. On 1 January 2019, the former communes of Cantillac, Eyvirat, La Gonterie-Boulouneix, Saint-Crépin-de-Richemont, Sencenac-Puy-de-Fourches and Valeuil were merged into Brantôme en Périgord.
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