Monsec

Monsec
Part of Mareuil en Périgord
Location of Monsec
Monsec is located in France
Monsec
Monsec
Location within France
Monsec is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Monsec
Monsec
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 45°25′18″N 0°32′02″E / 45.4217°N 0.5339°E / 45.4217; 0.5339
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentDordogne
ArrondissementNontron
CantonBrantôme
CommuneMareuil en Périgord
Area
1
12.45 km2 (4.81 sq mi)
Elevation
148 m (486 ft)
Highest elevation
237 m (778 ft)
Lowest elevation
131 m (430 ft)
Population
 (2023)
171
 • Density13.7/km2 (35.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
24340
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Monsec (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃sɛk]; Limousin: Montsec) is a former commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Mareuil en Périgord.

Geography

Monsec is in the Northwest of the Dordogne Department. The town is situated along the river Belle, a tributary of the Lizonne. The town of Monsec is situated on the border of the departmental road 939 which connects Périgueux and Angoulême.

In 2016, the year preceding the creation of the commune of Mareuil en Périgord, Monsec was neighbored by five communes: Champeaux-et-la-Chapelle-Pommier, Saint-Crépin-de-Richemont, Saint-Félix-de-Bourdeilles, Léguillac-de-Cercles, and Vieux-Mareuil.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" [Reference populations 2023] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2025.
  2. ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 26 September 2016 (in French)