Le Fleix
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Le Fleix is a village in the south-west of France, located in the Aquitaine region and in the Dordogne département.
Le Fleix is on the edge of the Dordogne river at a place where the river bends. This is likely the origin of the name "flexus".
There are currently approximately 1,200 inhabitants, a number that has gone largely unchanged since the Middle Ages.
Le Fleix is famous for a peace treaty 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 Protestant church in 1805.
The harbour is active in the timber and wine trades. The economy, once based on the river, is now primarily viticultural.
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