The Hôtel de Ville stands on Rue Neuve d'Argenson, on the edge of the old town. The current building is a 19th-century neoclassical work, but the site has been the seat of Bergerac's municipal government since the Middle Ages — the town was an unusually independent commune through the late medieval period and was one of the major Huguenot strongholds during the Wars of Religion.
The interior is open during office hours and worth a quick look for the council chamber's painted ceiling. The square in front, with its 19th-century lamp posts and plane trees, is a good orientation point: the medieval lanes of the old town start a block south, and the riverbank is five minutes' walk away.