Sorges

Sorges
Part of Sorges-et-Ligueux-en-Périgord
Location of Sorges
Sorges Sorges
Coordinates: 45°18′31″N 0°52′27″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Périgueux
Canton	Thiviers
Commune	Sorges-et-Ligueux-en-Périgord
Area 1	47.38 km2 (18.29 sq mi)
Population  (2017)	1,274
• Density	27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	24420
Elevation	120–216 m (394–709 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sorges is a former commune in the Dordogne department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Sorges-et-Ligueux-en-Périgord.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,473	—
1800	1,328	−9.8%
1806	1,367	+2.9%
1821	1,684	+23.2%
1831	1,764	+4.8%
1836	1,873	+6.2%
1841	1,756	−6.2%
1846	1,864	+6.2%
1851	1,844	−1.1%
1856	1,930	+4.7%
1861	1,873	−3.0%
1866	1,895	+1.2%
1872	1,803	−4.9%
1876	1,890	+4.8%
1881	1,790	−5.3%
1886	1,773	−0.9%
1891	1,715	−3.3%
1896	1,679	−2.1%
1901	1,688	+0.5%
1906	1,663	−1.5%
1911	1,664	+0.1%
1921	1,377	−17.2%
1926	1,365	−0.9%
1931	1,316	−3.6%
1936	1,269	−3.6%
1946	1,104	−13.0%
1954	1,158	+4.9%
1962	980	−15.4%
1968	892	−9.0%
1975	876	−1.8%
1982	911	+4.0%
1990	1,074	+17.9%
1999	1,123	+4.6%
2008	1,265	+12.6%

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne département