{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Chancelade |commune status = Commune |image = Chancelade - Abbaye Notre-Dame - 10.jpg |caption = The abbey in Chancelade |arrondissement = Périgueux |canton = Coulounieix-Chamiers |INSEE = 24102 |postal code = 24650 |mayor = Pascal Serre<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = Le Grand Périgueux |coordinates = {{coord|45.2064|0.6661|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation min m = 73 |elevation max m = 198 |area km2 = 16.23 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }} '''Chancelade''' ({{IPA|fr|ʃɑ̃slad}}; {{langx|oc|Chancelada}}) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The village is the site of Chancelade Abbey.
The so-called "Chancelade man" was found in the nearby Raymonden rock shelter in 1888, the skeleton of an approximately 60-year-old male who was buried there in the Magdalenian, roughly 15,000 years ago.
==Population== {{Historical populations |align = none |cols = 2 |percentages = pagr |source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|3316|Chancelade}}</ref> and INSEE (1968-2023)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-24102#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE</ref> |1793 |906 |1800 |679 |1806 |703 |1821 |948 |1831 |1093 |1836 |1026 |1841 |1001 |1846 |1141 |1851 |1116 |1856 |1164 |1861 |1181 |1866 |1236 |1872 |1096 |1876 |1227 |1881 |1417 |1886 |1384 |1891 |1349 |1896 |1245 |1901 |1267 |1906 |1092 |1911 |1156 |1921 |1117 |1926 |1164 |1931 |1095 |1936 |1168 |1946 |1271 |1954 |1445 |1962 |1780 |1968 |2002 |1975 |2420 |1982 |3297 |1990 |3718 |1999 |3865 |2007 |4150 |2012 |4275 |2017 |4262 |2023 |4468 }}
==See also== *Communes of the Dordogne department
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Commons category|Chancelade}} {{Dordogne communes}}
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Category:Communes of Dordogne
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