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To the French, the Dordogne is a river. To the British, it is a much looser term, covering a vast area roughly equivalent to what the French call Perigord. This starts south of Limoges and includes the Vezere and Dordogne valleys. The Dordogne is also a departement , with fixed boundaries that pay no heed to either definition. The central part of the departement , around Perigueux and the River Isle, is known as Perigord Blanc , after the light, white colour of its rock outcrops; the southeastern half around Sarlat as Perigord Noir , said to be darker in aspect than the Blanc because of the preponderance of oak woods. To confuse matters further, the tourist authorities have added another two colours to the Perigord patchwork: Perigord Vert , the far north of the departement , so called because of its woods and pastureland; and Perigord Pourpre in the southwest, purple because it includes the wine-growing area around Bergerac.
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