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- Administrative Name : SARLAT - LA CANEDA - Everyday Name : SARLAT NB : The commune of LA CANEDA amalgamated with the commune of SARLAT in 1964, where the name LA CANEDA was adjoined to the name SARLAT. - Birth : 9th century - Inhabitant Names : the SARLADAIS and the SARLADAISES (masc./fem) - Regional Administration : AQUITAINE (south-west of France) - Department : DORDOGNE, also known under the old provincial name of : LE PERIGORD - Population : 10,500 inhabitants and at the heart of the region live 70,000 inhabitants - Quality : Sub-prefecture – classed "Town of Art and History" – Member of the Community of the communes of Sarlaidais. - Location : South-East from the department of the DORDOGNE, close to the departments of the CORREZE and of the LOT – Land of the PERIGORD NOIR. - Surface Area : 48 Km2 - Altitude : 173 m - Access routes : 25 km from the motorways A20 and A89 – 2h to TOULOUSE – 2h30 to BORDEAUX – 1h30 to LIMOGES - Gastronomic Specialities : truffles, foie gras, nuts, liquors, strawberries, nut oil, renowned conserves (goose and duck) - Industrial Activities : bio-medical material, canning factories, distilleries, tobacco manufacturers, high resistance bonding
PEAK PERIODS - Festival des Jeux du Théâtre : mid-July to beginning August - Festival du Cinéma : beginning November - Journées du Terroir (Days of the Land) : Pentecost Sunday and Monday - La Ringuetta : Fête des Jeux Traditionnels (Festival of Traditional Games): Pentecost Sunday and "even" years (i.e. 2004, 2006) - Concours de Dessin " Dessine-moi SARLAT " (Design Competitions) : 2nd Sunday in September - Les Hivernales : exhibition of works from local artists : Christmas holidays
CULTURE - Centre Culturel et de Congrès - Cultural and Congress Centre (650 seats) - Several exhibition halls - Over 300 associations
SPORT - 400 sporting licences - 40 sporting associations – 35 practised disciplines
EDUCATION - 1000 students in nursery and elementary schools - 1400 students in secondary schools - 1300 students in high school - 70 students (BTS Micro-technical – BTS Maintenance of industrial automatism)
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