What is Monpazier?
{{no sources|date=December 2023}} [[Image:Monpazier 2.jpg|thumb|Main square, with [[arcade]]s]] [[Image:Monpazier.jpg|thumb|right|A flower market on the main square]] [[Image:Blason ville fr Monpazier (Dordogne).svg|right|90px]] '''Monpazier''' is a [[city]] in [[France]]. It is in the [[Dordoge departement|Dordogne]] departement, in [[Aquitaine]]. In 1999, 516 people lived there. It has been named one of the most beautiful villages in France by the association [[Les Plus Beaux Villages de France]]. It was built as a [[bastide]]. For some time, [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]] and [[Richard III of England|Richard III]] lived there. The city was founded by [[Edward I of England]] in 1284. It is of rectangular design, built around a main square. The city is about half-way between [[Bergerac]] and [[Sarlat-la-Canéda]]. Each city is about 45&nbsp;km away. The [[River Dropt]] runs through the city.{{fact|date=July 2022}} {{France-geo-stub}} [[Category:Bastides]] [[Category:Communes in Dordogne]]