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Beynac-et-Cazenac
Beynac-et-Cazenac is a village in the Dordogne, in the Périgord Noir, on the banks of the Dordogne river. It has about 400 inhabitants and bears the label Les Plus Beaux Villages de France. First mentioned in 1115, it was the seat of one of the four old baronies of the Périgord, whose Beynac family held the reins until 1753. The communes of Beynac and Cazenac merged in 1827.
The Château de Beynac, built between the twelfth and seventeenth centuries, dominates the landscape from a rocky spur overlooking the Dordogne. It has been a listed historic monument since 1944 and can be visited. The village spreads out below, with its cobbled lanes, steps and church.
The commune covers about 12.7 km² and remains largely wooded and natural.
