Origins
The french bastide of Eymet was founded on 28 June 1270 by Alphonse de Poitiers, brother of King Louis IX of France (St Louis) as part of a line of defence against the English. Eymet suffered considerable damage in both the Hundred Years War and the Wars of Religion.

What to See
The presence of the Middle Ages is greatly in evidence :
• The market square, surrounded by houses built above the arcades, has recently been restored and medieval timber frame homes alternate with stone buildings.
• A few vestiges of the chateau remain such as the imposing thirteenth-century keep complete with turret and high defensive walls.

The nineteenth-century church has a steeple, a long nave flanked by side aisles, and a polygonal chevet.

A Romanesque bridge crosses the river Dropt.
Castles, manor houses, dovecotes, mills, and Romanesque churches proliferate in the surrounding area with fountains and wash-houses dotted here and there.