Le Fleix (; ) is a commune in the

Dordogne Dordogne ( , or ; ; ) is a large rural departments of France, department in south west France, with its Prefectures in France, prefecture in Périgueux. Located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region roughly half-way between the Loire Valley and ...

department in

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in southwestern

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. Le Fleix lies on the banks of the

at a place where the river bends. This is likely the origin of the name "flexus".

History

Le Fleix is famous for the

Treaty of Fleix The Treaty of Fleix (also known as the Edict of Fleix and the Peace of Fleix) was signed on 26 November 1580 by Henry III of France in Le Fleix. See also *List of treaties This list of treaties contains known agreements, pacts, peaces, ...

, signed there in 1580. There were once two castles in Le Fleix, the Old Castle, which was destroyed, and the New Castle built in the 17th century as a residence for Frédéric de Foix. It was sold during the French Revolution, and became a

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church in 1805.

Population

Economy

The

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is active in the timber and wine trades. The economy, once based on the river, is now primarily

viticultural Viticulture (, "vine-growing"), viniculture (, "wine-growing"), or winegrowing is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of ''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine, ...

Notable people

* Andre Morize (1883–1957), French professor

References

Communes of Dordogne {{Bergerac-geo-stub