Chancelade

Chancelade
Chancelade
Commune
	The abbey in Chancelade
	Location of Chancelade
	Chancelade Show map of France Chancelade Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
	Coordinates: 45°12′23″N 0°39′58″E / 45.2064°N 0.6661°E / 45.2064; 0.6661
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Périgueux
Canton	Coulounieix-Chamiers
Intercommunality	Le Grand Périgueux
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Serre
Area 1	16.23 km2 (6.27 sq mi)
Population (2023)	4,468
• Density	275.3/km2 (713.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	24102 /24650
Elevation	73–198 m (240–650 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chancelade (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃slad]; Occitan: Chancelada) 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.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	906	—
1800	679	−4.04%
1806	703	+0.58%
1821	948	+2.01%
1831	1,093	+1.43%
1836	1,026	−1.26%
1841	1,001	−0.49%
1846	1,141	+2.65%
1851	1,116	−0.44%
1856	1,164	+0.85%
1861	1,181	+0.29%
1866	1,236	+0.91%
1872	1,096	−1.98%
1876	1,227	+2.86%
1881	1,417	+2.92%
1886	1,384	−0.47%
1891	1,349	−0.51%
1896	1,245	−1.59%
1901	1,267	+0.35%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	1,092	−2.93%
1911	1,156	+1.15%
1921	1,117	−0.34%
1926	1,164	+0.83%
1931	1,095	−1.21%
1936	1,168	+1.30%
1946	1,271	+0.85%
1954	1,445	+1.62%
1962	1,780	+2.64%
1968	2,002	+1.98%
1975	2,420	+2.75%
1982	3,297	+4.52%
1990	3,718	+1.51%
1999	3,865	+0.43%
2007	4,150	+0.89%
2012	4,275	+0.60%
2017	4,262	−0.06%
2023	4,468	+0.79%

Source: EHESS³ and INSEE (1968-2023)⁴

References

"Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
"Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Chancelade, EHESS (in French).
Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

[2] "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.

[ehess-3] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Chancelade, EHESS (in French).

[pophist-4] Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE

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