Bourdeilles

• Name — Bourdeilles • Commune Status — Commune • Image Coat Of Arms — Blason ville fr Bourdeilles (Dordogne).svg • Arrondissement — Nontron • Canton — Brantôme en Périgord • Insee — 24055 • Postal Code — 24310 • Mayor — Nicolas Dussutour • Term — 2020–2026 • Intercommunality — Dronne et Belle • Elevation Min M — 82 • Elevation Max M — 192 • Area Km2 — 21.85 • Population — population_total • Population Date — population_as_of • Population Footnotes — population_footnotes Bourdeilles (Bordelha) is a commune in the Dordogne department (administrative division) in southwestern France.

• The château de Bourdeilles, which is a complex consisting of a medieval part and a Renaissance style part, built in the 16th century. From 1273, the year in which Edward I of England invested the castle of Bourdeilles. • The château de la Valade, built in the 17th to 18th century.

• Pierre de Bourdeille, known as Brantôme (c. 1537 - 1614), commendatory (or secular) abbot of the abbey of Brantôme and Lord of Saint-Crépin de Richemont, was a French soldier and writer, best known for his "light" writings His life as a courtier and a soldier, and that of the illustrious personages whom he met with. • Vladimir Volkoff (1932–2005), died in his house at Bourdeilles, was a French writer, author of numerous novels relating notably to Russian history, Cold and the Algerian war, essays devoted to disinformation, but also playwright, poet, biographer and translator. His preferred language for writing was French, but he also published novels in English and texts in Russian. • René Desmaison (1930–2007) was a French climber, born in Bourdeilles, died in Marseille. • Iain Pattinson (1953–2021), British/Irish scriptwriter, author and broadcaster.