Chancelade

Chancelade
Chancelade
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Chancelade
Coordinates: 45°12′23″N 0°39′58″E / 45.2064°N 0.6661°E / 45.2064; 0.6661Coordinates: 45°12′23″N 0°39′58″E / 45.2064°N 0.6661°E / 45.2064; 0.6661
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Périgueux
Canton	Coulounieix-Chamiers
Intercommunality	Périgourdine
Government
• Mayor (2009–2014)	Michel Testut
Area1	16.23 km2 (6.27 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	4,174
• Density	260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	24102 /24650
Elevation	73–198 m (240–650 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chancelade is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Chancelade is known for a prehistoric fossil discovery: the so-called Chancelade skeleton was found in the shelter of Raymonden in 1888. The way it was lying suggested a ritual burial. In 1889, Leo Testut announced that the skeleton was of a new race, which he called the "Chancelade race", the ancestor of the Eskimo. This hypothesis is now rejected, and the Chancelade race is considered to be a Cro-Magnon specimen.

The approximately 60-year-old Chancelade man stands 155 cm tall, with a very large brain size of around 1710cc.

The village is the site of Chancelade Abbey.