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Le Dorat
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Le Dorat is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department of France, situated within the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Le Dorat and is located in the arrondissement of Bellac. The municipality covers an area of 23.77 square kilometers and shares borders with Dinsac, Magnac-Laval, Oradour-Saint-Genest, and Saint-Ouen-sur-Gartempe. Its postal code is 87210, and it is associated with the canton of Châteauponsac for electoral purposes.
The population of Le Dorat is recorded as 1,754, comprising 742 males and 941 females. Another source lists the population as 2,134. The town has an elevation of 225 meters and is twinned with Santillana del Mar and Wissembourg. A school is located within the commune, which operates under the Europe/Paris timezone.
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Place details
- Locality
- Le Dorat
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,134
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Department
- Haute-Vienne
- Arrondissement
- Bellac
- Canton
- Châteauponsac
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Bruno Schira
- Area
- 23.77 km (9.18 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 1,529
- Density
- 64.32/km (166.6/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 87059 /87210
- Elevation
- 177–271 m (581–889 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Le Dorat
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Bellac
- Population
- 1529
- Area
- 23.77
- Elevation
- 227
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- canton of Le Dorat
- Shares border with
- Dinsac
- Official website
- www.ledorat.fr
- Image
- Le Dorat Collegiale.JPG
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- Commons category
- Le Dorat
- topic's main category
- Category:Le Dorat
- postal code
- 87210
- different from
- Dorat
- native label
- Le Dorat
- associated electoral district
- canton of Châteauponsac
- male population
- 742
- female population
- 941
- P8168
- bulbourethral gland
- twinned administrative body
- Wissembourg
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-55-60-72-20
- fax number
- +33-5-55-68-27-87
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Le Dorat ( French pronunciation: [lə dɔʁa]; Occitan: Le Daurat) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. It is considered to be the traditional capital of the Basse Marche. Inhabitants are known as Dorachons. Some say that Le Dorat owes its name to the gilded angel located at the summit of the "Lou Dora" bell tower.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Le Dorat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.