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Périgueux

British  
/ periɡø, ˌpɛrɪˈɡɜː /

noun

  1. a town in SW France, capital of the Dordogne: noted for its Roman remains, medieval cathedral, and pâté de foie gras. Pop: 30 193 (1999)

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Nikki Bundy, 41, has lived near Périgueux in the Dordogne with her family for four years.

From The Guardian Jun. 9, 2010

After a few weeks' temporary detention in a garage at Périgueux.

From Time Magazine Archive

In common with many towns of Southern France, Périgueux shows remarkable vestiges of different races and dominations.

From Two Summers in Guyenne by Edward Harrison Barker

From Poictiers they went to Limoges, thence westward to Angoulesme, and south to Périgueux, to Bazas, to Cahors, Agen, even to Dax, which is close to the country of the King of Navarre.

From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Maurice Henry Hewlett

What interested me most at Périgueux was something that very few strangers, or even townspeople, for that matter, ever see, because, it is hidden from public view.

From Two Summers in Guyenne by Edward Harrison Barker

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