Perigueux is a commune of France, capital of the Dordogne département and the capital of the Périgord area in the Aquitaine région. It is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese.
FACTS AND FIGURES
- Population: 30,000
- The name Périgueux comes from the Petrocorii (Latinized Celtic name, meaning 'four tribes'), the Gallic people that hold the area even before the Roman conquest
- A commercial center and transportation hub, it is famous for the pâtés that are its chief exports
- The city's major manufactures are tobacco products, chemicals, and leather goods
SIGHTS AND ATTRACTIONS
- An amphitheater and a temple of a Gallic goddess
- A luxurious Roman villa, called the 'Domus of Vesunna'
- Cathedral Saint-Front
- Vésone tower
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