Perigueux

Perigueux is a commune inside the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Perigueux is the prefecture of the department. It is also the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese. The name Perigueux comes from Petrocorii, a Latinization of Celtic words that means "the four tribes" – the Gallic human beings that held the vicinity before the Roman conquest. Perigueux turned into their capital town. In 200 BC, the Petrocorii came from the north and settled at Perigueux and mounted an encampment at La Boissiere. After the Roman invasion, they left this put up and set up themselves on the obvious of L'Isle, and the town of Vesunna turned into created.

This Roman town changed into finally embellished with services which include temples, baths, amphitheatres, and a discussion board. At the end of the 1/3 century AD, the Roman city turned into surrounded with the aid of ramparts, and the town took the call of Civitas Petrocoriorum. In the 10th century, Le Puy-Saint-Front changed into built around an abbey subsequent to the antique Gallo-Roman metropolis. It turned into organised into a municipality round 1182. During the year 1940, many Jews from Alsace and Alsatians had been evacuated to Perigueux.