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Périgord (general region) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 45 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 45.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 000 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 0.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Former region (from 1607) of Guienne province in SW France, now in Dordogne & Lot-et-Garonne departments; became a county 9th cen. CE under the Carolingians; passed to dukes of Aquitaine & then to England; returned to France ca. 1370 & to Bourbons 1574. |
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| Périgord (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Périgord (French,U,N)
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| Peiregòrd (C,V,Occitan,U)
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| Perigòrd (C,V,Occitan,U)
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| Le Périgord (C,V)
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| general region (preferred, C) |
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Paleolithic cave sites are in the area |
| former administrative division (C) |
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| Paleolithic (H) |
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