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Castelnaud-la-Chapelle
Castelnaud-la-Chapelle
Commune
	View of Castelnaud-la-Chapelle and its castle
	Location of Castelnaud-la-Chapelle
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	Coordinates: 44°48′57″N 1°08′58″E / 44.8158°N 1.1494°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Sarlat-la-Canéda
Canton	Vallée Dordogne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Daniel Dejean
Area 1	20.88 km2 (8.06 sq mi)
Population (2022)	449
• Density	22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	24086 /24250
Elevation	51–283 m (167–928 ft) ; (avg. 71 m or 233 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Castelnaud-la-Chapelle (French pronunciation: [kastɛlno la ʃapɛl]; Occitan: Castelnòu e La Capèla) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It was created in 1973 by the merger of two former communes: Castelnaud-Fayrac and La Chapelle-Péchaud.^[3] It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association.

The Château de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle is located in the commune.

Geography

The river Céou flows northward through the western part of the commune, then flows into the Dordogne, which forms all of the commune's northern border.

The village is located above the confluence of the two rivers.