Mareuil, Dordogne

Mareuil (Limousin: Maruelh), known locally as Mareuil-sur-Belle, is a former commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Mareuil en Périgord.[2] It was the birthplace of the troubadour Arnaut de Mareuil and of historian Michel Tardieu (born 1938).

Mareuil
Part of Mareuil en Périgord
Chateau
Coat of arms
Location of Mareuil
Mareuil Mareuil
Coordinates: 45°27′05″N 0°27′11″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Nontron
Canton	Brantôme
Commune	Mareuil en Périgord
Area ^1	25.13 km^2 (9.70 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	961
• Density	38/km^2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	24340
Elevation	105–207 m (344–679 ft) (avg. 124 m or 407 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	696	—
1800	755	+8.5%
1806	784	+3.8%
1821	841	+7.3%
1831	1,624	+93.1%
1836	1,661	+2.3%
1841	1,765	+6.3%
1846	1,828	+3.6%
1851	1,837	+0.5%
1856	1,779	−3.2%
1861	1,676	−5.8%
1866	1,624	−3.1%
1872	1,565	−3.6%
1876	1,543	−1.4%
1881	1,603	+3.9%
1886	1,616	+0.8%
1891	1,604	−0.7%
1896	1,483	−7.5%
1901	1,392	−6.1%
1906	1,404	+0.9%
1911	1,341	−4.5%
1921	1,302	−2.9%
1926	1,209	−7.1%
1931	1,195	−1.2%
1936	1,283	+7.4%
1946	1,228	−4.3%
1954	1,167	−5.0%
1962	1,137	−2.6%
1968	1,103	−3.0%
1975	1,209	+9.6%
1982	1,210	+0.1%
1990	1,194	−1.3%
1999	1,113	−6.8%
2008	1,130	+1.5%

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 26 September 2016 (in French)