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Code: 24
Region: Aquitaine
Traditional provinces:
Guyenne-et-Gascogne
Bordering departments: Charente,
Charente-Maritime,
Corrèze,
Gironde, Lot,
Lot-et-Garonne,
Haute-Vienne
Area: 9,060 km2
Population (1995): 388,700 inhabitants
Préfecture: Périgueux
Sous-préfectures: Bergerac, Nontron,
Sarlat-la-Canéda
Subdivisions: 4 arrondissements, 50 cantons, 555 communes.
The department is named after the river Dordogne (472 km), tributary of Garonne.