Mareuil (French pronunciation: [maʁœj]; Limousin: Maruelh), known locally as Mareuil-sur-Belle, is a former commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Mareuil en Périgord. It was the birthplace of the troubadour Arnaut de Mareuil and of historian Michel Tardieu (born 1938).

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 696 —     1800 755 +8.5% 1806 784 +3.8% 1821 841 +7.3% 1831 1,624 +93.1% 1836 1,661 +2.3% 1841 1,765 +6.3% 1846 1,828 +3.6% 1851 1,837 +0.5% 1856 1,779 −3.2% 1861 1,676 −5.8% 1866 1,624 −3.1% 1872 1,565 −3.6% 1876 1,543 −1.4% 1881 1,603 +3.9% 1886 1,616 +0.8% 1891 1,604 −0.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 1,483 −7.5% 1901 1,392 −6.1% 1906 1,404 +0.9% 1911 1,341 −4.5% 1921 1,302 −2.9% 1926 1,209 −7.1% 1931 1,195 −1.2% 1936 1,283 +7.4% 1946 1,228 −4.3% 1954 1,167 −5.0% 1962 1,137 −2.6% 1968 1,103 −3.0% 1975 1,209 +9.6% 1982 1,210 +0.1% 1990 1,194 −1.3% 1999 1,113 −6.8% 2008 1,130 +1.5%

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne department