Château-l'Évêque

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Château-l'Évêque Lo Chasteu (Occitan)
Commune
The town hall in Château-l'Évêque
Coat of arms
Location of Château-l'Évêque
(2020–2026)		Alain Marty^[1]
Area ¹	35.68 km² (13.78 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	2,151
• Density	60/km² (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	24115 /24460
Elevation	92–233 m (302–764 ft) (avg. 103 m or 338 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Château-l'Évêque (French: [ʃɑto levɛːk]; Limousin: Lo Chasteu) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Château-l'Évêque station has rail connections to Bordeaux, Périgueux and Limoges.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,462	—
1800	1,481	+0.18%
1806	1,510	+0.32%
1821	1,509	−0.00%
1831	1,590	+0.52%
1836	1,610	+0.25%
1841	1,360	−3.32%
1846	1,566	+2.86%
1851	1,605	+0.49%
1856	1,557	−0.61%
1861	1,553	−0.05%
1866	1,570	+0.22%
1872	1,544	−0.28%
1876	1,515	−0.47%
1881	1,598	+1.07%
1886	1,578	−0.25%
1891	1,582	+0.05%
1896	1,563	−0.24%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	1,491	−0.94%
1906	1,372	−1.65%
1911	1,377	+0.07%
1921	1,265	−0.84%
1926	1,221	−0.71%
1931	1,216	−0.08%
1936	1,211	−0.08%
1946	1,130	−0.69%
1954	1,186	+0.61%
1962	1,191	+0.05%
1968	1,173	−0.25%
1975	1,235	+0.74%
1982	1,378	+1.58%
1990	1,701	+2.67%
1999	1,760	+0.38%
2007	1,959	+1.35%
2012	2,109	+1.49%
2017	2,170	+0.57%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)^[4]

Castle

The castle of Chateau-L'Eveque was built in the 14th century by the bishop of Périgueux, and was partly destroyed and restored in the 15th and 16th centuries. The park and castle are open to visitors.^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Château-l'Évêque, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Welcome in Château de Château l'Évêque". Château de Château l'Évêque. Retrieved 1 October 2019.