Soulaures

Soulaures
Commune
The town hall in Soulaures The town hall in Soulaures
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Bergerac
Canton	Lalinde
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Magalie Pistore
Area1	10.28 km2 (3.97 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2
INSEE/Postal code	24542 / 24540
Elevation	168–274 m (551–899 ft) (avg. 241 m or 791 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Soulaures (French pronunciation: ​[suloʁ]; Occitan: Solaura) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Church of Saint-Martial built in the twelfth century. The small single nave church has a bell placed at the right wall of the triumphal arch

Population

The inhabitants of Soulaures are called Soulaurais.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	88	—
1968	85	−3.4%
1975	80	−5.9%
1982	76	−5.0%
1990	72	−5.3%
1999	77	+6.9%
2008	86	+11.7%

Economy

As of December 31, 2013, the municipality had eleven establishments, eight of them in agriculture, forestry or fishing, one in construction, one in industry, and one in the administrative sector.

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne département