Chancelade | |
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 The abbey in Chancelade | |
 Location of Chancelade | |
  Chancelade  Chancelade | |
| Coordinates:45°12′23″N0°39′58″E / 45.2064°N 0.6661°E /45.2064; 0.6661 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Dordogne |
| Arrondissement | Périgueux |
| Canton | Coulounieix-Chamiers |
| Intercommunality | Le Grand Périgueux |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Pascal Serre[1] |
Area 1 | 16.23 km2 (6.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 4,468 |
| • Density | 275.3/km2 (713.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 24102 /24650 |
| Elevation | 73–198 m (240–650 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Chancelade (French pronunciation:[ʃɑ̃slad];Occitan:Chancelada) is acommune in theDordognedepartment inNouvelle-Aquitaine in southwesternFrance. The village is the site ofChancelade Abbey.
The so-called "Chancelade man" was found in the nearbyRaymonden rock shelter in 1888, the skeleton of an approximately 60-year-old male who was buried there in theMagdalenian, roughly 15,000 years ago.
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