{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Nontron |commune status = Subprefecture and commune |image = Nontron 24 Mairie façade 2014.JPG |caption = The town hall in Nontron |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Nontron (Dordogne).svg |arrondissement = Nontron |canton = Périgord Vert Nontronnais |intercommunality = Périgord Nontronnais |INSEE = 24311 |postal code = 24300 |mayor = Nadine Herman-Bancaud<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 |coordinates = {{coord|45.5294|0.6619|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 200 |elevation min m = 183 |elevation max m = 274 |area km2 = 24.67 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}
'''Nontron''' ({{IPA|fr|nɔ̃tʁɔ̃|-|Fr-Paris--Nontron.ogg}}; {{langx|oc|Nontronh}} {{IPA|oc|nunˈtɾuɲ|}}) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
==History== The name Nontron probably derives from the Gallo-Roman personal name ''Nantironius''.<ref>[http://communes-oc.cg24.fr/cantons/nontron/NONTRON.htm Nontronh] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810220833/http://communes-oc.cg24.fr/cantons/nontron/NONTRON.htm |date=10 August 2016 }}, Le nom occitan des communes du Périgord</ref> Over time, the placename has been spelt Natadun, Nattun, Nantrun and Nontroun, before the current Nontron.<ref name=nontron>[https://www.nontron.fr/decouverte/presentation Histoire de Nontron] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312112035/https://www.nontron.fr/decouverte/presentation |date=12 March 2023 }}, official website of Nontron, accessed 20 January 2021.</ref>
The town was probably founded around 1100 BC and has been invaded or sacked several times, including by Saracens in the eighth century.<ref name=nontron/> In the Hundred Years' War, Nontron was besieged several times, sitting on the border between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France.<ref name="nontron"/> In 1800, after the French Revolution, it became a subprefecture of the department of the Dordogne.<ref>[http://splaf.free.fr/24his.html Historique de la Dordogne], SPLAF</ref>
The town's railway station served passengers between 1883 and 1940, continuing to handle freight until 1975.<ref>[https://www.nontron.fr/decouverte/histoire-des-rues/histoire-des-rues-de-nontron/301-la-gare La gare] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319212018/https://www.nontron.fr/decouverte/histoire-des-rues/histoire-des-rues-de-nontron/301-la-gare |date=19 March 2022 }}, official website of Nontron, accessed 20 January 2021.</ref> The town is known for producing a type of folding knife, known as the Nontron knife.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the Nontron Knife|url=https://coutellerie-nontronnaise.com/en/content/14-History|access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref>
==Population== {{Historical populations |align = none |cols = 2 |percentages = pagr |source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|25183|Nontron}}</ref> and INSEE (1968-2023)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-24311#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE</ref> |1793 |2356 |1800 |2809 |1806 |2990 |1821 |2865 |1831 |3246 |1836 |3573 |1841 |3609 |1846 |3692 |1851 |3704 |1856 |3546 |1861 |3581 |1866 |3557 |1872 |3223 |1876 |3427 |1881 |3687 |1886 |4151 |1891 |3585 |1896 |3657 |1901 |3686 |1906 |3426 |1911 |3508 |1921 |3059 |1926 |3112 |1931 |3019 |1936 |2943 |1946 |3204 |1954 |3280 |1962 |3593 |1968 |3792 |1975 |3954 |1982 |3850 |1990 |3558 |1999 |3500 |2007 |3458 |2012 |3212 |2017 |3050 |2023 |3057 }}
==See also== *Communes of the Dordogne department *The Soufflaculs of Nontron *Nontron knife
==References== {{reflist}} *Lapouge, Herve. ''Anciennes demures du Périgord''.
{{Commons category|Nontron}} {{Dordogne communes}}
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Category:Communes of Dordogne Category:Subprefectures in France Category:Périgord
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