On the passage of the Greenwich meridian and the west boundary of the forest of the Double La Roche-Chalais, green resort, is ideally located at the crossroads of four departments: Dordogne, Gironde, Charente, Charente-Maritime and four old provinces: Perigord, Guyenne, Saintonge and the French Aquitaine.
Standing on a limestone promontory from which the name of "La Roche", the village of Dordogne, part of the Natura 2000 program, dominates the Dronne River, "the most beautiful river in France" according to Elysee Reclus, geographer raised in La Roche-Chalais...
Associated with Saint-Michel-Lécluse-and-Leparon and Saint-Michel-de-Rivière, the canton of Saint-Aulaye has about 3,000 inhabitants and its area makes it the largest municipality in the department. Half of its territory is wooded with the forest of the Double.
Périgourdins invite you to enjoy tasty dishes prepared with products from a terroir oh how generous foie gras confit, duck breast, porcini mushrooms, truffles, cabécou, nuts, strawberries...
