Lalinde

History

In its past, it was a strategically important military site being the first "English bastide town"; it suffered various sieges during the Hundred Years' War and again in 1562 and 1572 during the Wars of Religion. The train station was built in 1877 and the bridge over the Dordogne River in 1880, though there are signs of earlier crossings including a ford going back to Roman times. In 1944 the local Resistance paid a heavy price when on 21 June many of Lalinde's sons perished in the Mouleydier massacre. On 11 July 1964, during the 19th stage of the Tour de France, the worst accident in the history of the Tour took place. A tanker driven by a gendarme ran into spectators at a narrow bridge crossing the Lalinde canal at Port-de-Couze. Nine people died and another 13 were injured. A stone marker commemorates the event.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  828
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  795
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  739
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  676
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  653
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  610
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  500
• Eurasian Blackcap

  Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  498

Most recent

• M 3.2 — 2019-04-06
  7 km ENE of Chevanceaux, France
• M 2.6 — 2006-09-30
  6 km ENE of Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, France
• M 3.4 — 2005-01-31
  4 km SE of Mareuil, France