Périgueux

Périgueux, with 30 thousand residents,¹ is located along the Isle River² in the Dordogne Department of the Acquitaine Region of France. The Saint-Front cathedral is a way stop for pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela, and as such is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

External references

Saint-Front cathedral in Périgueux, Dordogne Department, Acquitaine Region, France

Footnotes

1. Figure for 2010 in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_communes_in_France_with_over_20,000_inhabitants, accessed 2/8/2015.
2. The Isle flows into the Dordogne, which, together with the Garonne, creates the estuarine Gironde.