Agriculture
Lalinde is part of a traditionally polycultural region (cereals, dairy products) where tobacco predominates in the alluvial soils of the valley.


Artisans
The majority of artisans in the Lindois region work for small family businesses.
The building industry is particularly well represented.


Shops
Local shops do especially brisk trade on the two weekly market days :
• Thursday morning : a large number of market traders.
• Saturday morning : a farm market with local producers.
The Lindois population enjoy a fine choice from Lalinde’s wide range of shops.


Industry
The largest local industry, which forms part of the Ahlstrom Paper Group and employs 160 people, is the Sibille paper mill at Rottersac. (The mill produces note paper, food wrappers etc.)
Polyrey, part of the International Paper group, employs 501 people in a laminated wood and plastics factory in the neighbouring commune of Baneuil.


Professions
Lalinde has dentists, doctors, vets, a land surveyor...


Service Sector
Lalinde’s sound economic situation has given rise to flourishing cleaning and garden landscape and maintenance businesses.


Tourist Industry
The tourist industry is booming thanks to Lalinde’s prime location.

• Situated on the Bergerac-Sarlat road, at the entrance to the ‘Périgord Noir’, Lalinde is a busy thoroughfare whose hotels and restaurants are always busy.
• ‘Green’, country tourism is in full expansion thanks to the Dordogne River, the beautiful, surrouding countryside and the easy mix of farms and rural heritage (Gallo-Roman remains etc.).
 

Associations
Many diverse associations are based in Lalinde.

List of Associations

Cultural
The Coulobre Boards (theatre)
The Lindois Palette (painting)
Music of Hope from the Bastides (classical music)
Discovery Associations
Lalinde Village Fêtes Committee
Sauveboeuf Popular Education Youth Club
Not’en Bulles
Port-de-Couze Leisure Activities Committee
Jean Monnet Secondary School Social/Education Club
Sainte Colombe Village Fêtes Committee
‘Friends in Harmony’ Choir
Seeds of Art
The Tradigordine
Libraries for All
Hyssop

Sporting
Lalinde Sports Union (USL) general sports club includes :
Rugby, football, volleyball, basketball, cycling, judo, tennis, ‘boules’, ‘boules Lyonnaises’, table tennis, canoeing-kayaking, physical education, gymnastics.

Not included in the USL are :
Sauveboeuf Football Club
Coulobre mountain-biking
Gymnastics (part of Lalinde Village Social Committee) (Amicale Laïque)
Jean Monnet secondary school U.N.S.S.

Twin Towns
LINDEN : Lalinde is twinned with 4 communes : Linden (Germany), Linden St George Am Walde (Austria), Linden-Lubbeek (Belgium)and Linden-Beers/Cuijk (Holland).
LALINDE-LALIN (Spain)
LALINDE-CRABTREE (Canada, Quebec)


Patriotic Associations
U.F.A.C.
F.N.A.C.A.
A.N.A.C.R.
A.R.A.C
U.P.M.R.A.C.
F.O.P.A.C.
Rhine and Danube



Amicales  
Amicale laïque de Lalinde
Amicale laïque de Sainte Colombe
Amicale des sapeurs pompiers volontaires Amicale des anciens marins 5le grand mât) Amicale des anciens de l'école communale de Lalinde

Social Committees
Lalinde Village Social Committee (Amicale Laïque)
Sainte Colombe Social Committee (Amicale Laïque)
Voluntary Fire Brigade Social Committee
Ex-sailors (The Mainmast) Social Committee
Lalinde Village School Alumnae Social Committee

Parents of Schoolchildren Associations (A.P.E.)
Jean Monnet A.P.E
Sauveboeuf School A.P.E.
Lalinde Village Primary and Infant Schools Group G..P.E.

Charitable Associations
Catholic Assistance
Popular Assistance
FNATH Couze-Lalinde branch
« The Bridge » Families of Prisoners
French Red Cross Committee

Miscellaneous Associations
Pays Lindois Tourist Information Office
A.C.C.A (hunting)
The Lindois Reeds (fishing) and the children’s « Pescadou » fishing.
Lion’s Club ‘Keep on Smiling’ old-age pensioners.
Lalinde Youth Drum and Brass Band
The Lindois Current (shopkeepers and tradespeople)

Environmental Associations
S.E.P.A.N.S.O.
The Corner Stone (inventorying and preservation of ‘small’ rural heritage)
The ‘Pays’ of Two Waters Development Association