Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle

Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle
Commune
The town hall in Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle
Location of Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle
Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle
Coordinates: 45°06′56″N 0°30′19″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Périgueux
Canton	Saint-Astier
Intercommunality	Isle Vern Salembre en Périgord
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Saurin
Area 1	14.78 km2 (5.71 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,051
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	24442 /24110
Elevation	56–192 m (184–630 ft) (avg. 73 m or 240 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ le.ɔ̃ syʁ lil], literally Saint Léon on the Isle; Limousin: Sent Leu d’Eila) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle station has rail connections to Bordeaux, Périgueux, Brive-la-Gaillarde and Limoges.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,009 —     1800 968 −0.59% 1806 1,037 +1.15% 1821 1,011 −0.17% 1831 1,058 +0.46% 1836 1,073 +0.28% 1841 1,093 +0.37% 1846 1,032 −1.14% 1851 1,062 +0.57% 1856 1,013 −0.94% 1861 998 −0.30% 1866 1,016 +0.36% 1872 913 −1.77% 1876 895 −0.50% 1881 960 +1.41% 1886 985 +0.52% 1891 978 −0.14% 1896 897 −1.71%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 918 +0.46% 1906 870 −1.07% 1911 786 −2.01% 1921 679 −1.45% 1926 668 −0.33% 1931 676 +0.24% 1936 683 +0.21% 1946 708 +0.36% 1954 745 +0.64% 1962 842 +1.54% 1968 1,436 +9.31% 1975 1,708 +2.51% 1982 1,872 +1.32% 1990 1,934 +0.41% 1999 1,877 −0.33% 2007 1,942 +0.43% 2012 2,054 +1.13% 2017 2,027 −0.26%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne department