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Bergerac

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Bergerac

French market town in the département of Dordogne, on the River Dordogne; population (1999) 26,100. It is the centre of the French tobacco-growing area, and trades also in truffles, wine, and maize. It has distilleries and spinning mills. Bergerac was a Huguenot religious stronghold.

The wine produced is primarily sweet white, known as Monbazillac.



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