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Village
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In the Couze valley, at the foot of the medieval castle around which
it grew, the village of
Montferrand-du-Périgord boasts many old houses and a Renaissance
market hall. The oldest known document citing the « castrum de Monte
Ferrando » is a charter dating from 1286.
Montferrand-du-Périgord, a commune in the canton of
Beaumont-du-Périgord, has a surface area of 1310 hectares and a
population of 175. It can be reached via the departmental road,
RD26.
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The Commune’s Coat of Arms
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« Argent dexter with undulating azure band adorned with three
argent mill-rinds. Gules sinister with argent open castle.
Open-work and stonework in sable, perched on a sable mound. »
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