Perigord

a late province of France, 83 miles long and 60 broad; bounded on the N. by | Angoumois and Marche, on the E. by Quierci and Limos in, on the §, by Agenois and Bazodois, and on the W. by Bourdelois, Angoumois, and Santonge. It abounds in iron mines, and the air is pure and healthy. now forms the department of Dordogne. Pericorp stone. In mineralogy. See MacGneEsium.