Barjou is a hamlet in

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that lies just off the main D66 road linking

Beaumontois-en-Périgord Beaumontois-en-Périgord (, literally ''Beaumontois in Périgord''; oc, Bèlmontés de Perigòrd) is a commune in the Dordogne department of southwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former commune ...

and

Monpazier Monpazier (; oc, Montpasièr) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwest France, located 40 kilometres from Bergerac Airport. It is a member of the ''Les Plus Beaux Villages de France'' ("The most beautiful villages ...

. It is 9 km from Monpazier and about the same distance to Beaumont. Administratively, it is part of the commune of Sainte-Croix, in the

Dordogne Dordogne ( , or ; ; oc, Dordonha ) is a large rural department in Southwestern France, with its prefecture in Périgueux. Located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region roughly half-way between the Loire Valley and the Pyrenees, it is named af ...

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''. A number of the existing

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s and barns have been renovated or adapted since the 1970s and are owned by overseas residents, and the remaining residents are French families. Some farming still exists and there is a walnut

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at the entrance to the village from the D660. Until the 1980s the 'place' at the centre of the hamlet was dominated by

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trees, which are now gone, as a result of

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. Since the building of the D66 road, the ancient highway between Beaumont and Monpazier has become little more than a walking route and passes close to and through some gardens. The French adjective for a resident of Barjou is ''Barjovin'' (m) or ''Barjovine'' (f).

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Villages in Nouvelle-Aquitaine {{Dordogne-geo-stub

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