Saint-Front-la-Rivière
Saint-Front-la-Rivière | |
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The church in Saint-Front-la-Rivière | |
Location of Saint-Front-la-Rivière | |
| Coordinates: 45°28′23″N 0°43′38″E / 45.4731°N 0.7272°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Dordogne |
| Arrondissement | Nontron |
| Canton | Périgord Vert Nontronnais |
| Intercommunality | Périgord Nontronnais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–2026) | Jean Touchet |
Area 1 | 17.89 km2 (6.91 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 497 |
| • Density | 28/km2 (72/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 24410 /24300 |
| Elevation | 125–233 m (410–764 ft) (avg. 132 m or 433 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Front-la-Rivière (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ fʁɔ̃ la ʁivjɛʁ]; Occitan: Sent Front la Ribiera) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
The village center has a twelfth-century church, a bar, school, hairdressers and a post office. It also has four châteaux, dating from between the Middle Ages and the 19th century. These include the ruins of the Du Barry family château, the Château de la Renaudie, which dates from the time of François I. The Du Barrys were implicated in a plot to overthrow the monarch during the Wars of Religion.
Chazelles, one of St Front's surrounding hamlets, was a mint in Gallo-Roman times, before the village came into being.
La Varenne, another of St Front's hamlets, means 'game reserve'. Wild deer are often seen in the surrounding farmland.