the capital of an arrondissement of the same name, in the department of Dordogne, in France. It is situated in a fertile plain, 27 miles S.S.W. of Perigueux, and on the right bank of the Dordogne, which is here crossed by a magnificent bridge of five arches. The town is well built, and has a communal college, tribunals of primary jurisdiction and commerce, a public library, and manufactures of paper, iron and copper ware, serges, hats, hosiery, leather, &c. It has an active trade with Bordeaux and Libourne in wines, grain, &c. The fortifications by which it was once surrounded were demolished in 1621, by order of Louis XIII. Pop. (1851) 9971. The arrondissement contains 13 cantons and 174 communes: pop. (1851) 118,247.