title: Cercles
text: # Cercles
  
  Cercles (French pronunciation: (listen); Occitan: Cercle) is a former commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune La Tour-Blanche-Cercles.
  
  ## History
  
  From 1825 to 1877, the nearby town of La Chapelle-Montabourlet was incorporated into Cercles.
  
  