What is Bergerac?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Bergerac |commune status = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Bergerac2 (Dordogne).svg |image = Bergerac overlooking Dordogne.JPG |caption = Bergerac overlooking the [[Dordogne (river)|Dordogne river]] |arrondissement = Bergerac |canton = [[Canton of Bergerac-1|Bergerac-1]] and [[Canton of Bergerac-2|2]] |INSEE = 24037 |postal code = 24100 |mayor = Daniel Garrigue |term = 2014&ndash;2020 |intercommunality = Bergerac Pourpre |coordinates = {{coord|44.85|0.48|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 79 |elevation min m = 12 |elevation max m = 146 |area km2 = 56.10 |population = 27764 |population date = 2014 |population demonym = Bergeracois |website = [http://www.ville-bergerac.fr/ www.ville-bergerac.fr] }} '''Bergerac''' ({{Lang-oc|Brageirac}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://communes-oc.cg24.fr/cantons/bergerac/BERGERAC.htm |title=Bergerac |publisher=Le nom occitan des communes du Périgord |language=fr |access-date=1 April 2015 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183117/http://communes-oc.cg24.fr/cantons/bergerac/BERGERAC.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a [[Communes of France|commune]] and a [[Prefectures in France|subprefecture]] of the [[Dordogne]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] [[Regions of France|region]], southwestern [[France]]. It is the second biggest city of the department, after [[Périgueux]]. Despite the similarities in their names, there is no connection to [[Cyrano de Bergerac]], a French writer from [[Paris]]. ==Geography== Bergerac is in the south of the Dordogne department, in the region named as ''Périgord Pourpre''; the [[Dordogne (river)|Dordogne]] river flows t