Barjou is a tiny hamlet in France that lies just off the main D660 road linking Beaumontois-en-Périgord and Monpazier. 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 département. A number of the existing farmhouses and barns have been renovated or adapted since the 1970s and are owned by overseas residents the remainder are French families. Some farming still exists and there is a walnut orchard at the entrance to the village from the D660.