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Arrondissement Of Figeac
The arrondissement of Figeac is an arrondissement of France in the Lot department in the Occitanie region. It has 118 communes. Its population is 54,566 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Figeac, and their INSEE codes, are: # Albiac (46002) # Anglars (46004) # Assier (46009) # Autoire (46011) # Aynac (46012) # Bagnac-sur-Célé (46015) # Bannes (46017) # Béduer (46021) # Belmont-Bretenoux (46024) # Bessonies (46338) # Biars-sur-Cère (46029) # Le Bourg (46034) # Boussac (46035) # Le Bouyssou (46036) # Brengues (46039) # Bretenoux (46038) # Cadrieu (46041) # Cahus (46043) # Cajarc (46045) # Calvignac (46049) # Cambes (46051) # Camboulit (46052) # Camburat (46053) # Capdenac (46055) # Carayac (46056) # Cardaillac (46057) # Corn (46075) # Cornac (46076) # Cuzac (46085) # Durbans (46090) # Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie (46093) # Espédaillac (46094) # Espeyroux (46096) # Estal (46097) # Faycelles (46100) # Felzins (46101) # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Figeac
Figeac (; oc, Fijac) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. Figeac is a sub-prefecture of the department. Geography Figeac is on the via Podiensis, a major hiking medieval pilgrimage trail which is part of the Way of St. James. Today, as a part of France's system of trails it is labelled the GR 65. Figeac station is a railway junction with connections to Brive-la-Gaillarde, Toulouse, Aurillac and Rodez. Population Notable people Jean-François Champollion, the first translator of Egyptian hieroglyphics, was born in Figeac, where there is a Champollion Museum. His father had married a woman from Figeac and opened a bookshop in the village. On the ''"Place des écritures"'' (writings place) is a giant copy of the Rosetta stone, by Joseph Kosuth. French explorer and archeologist Théodore Ber was born in Figeac, although he spent most of his adult life in Peru. German film historian Lotte H Eisner hid from the Nazis in Figeac during World War II. Actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belmont-Bretenoux
Belmont-Bretenoux (; oc, Bèlmont) is a commune in the Lot department in southwestern France. Toponymy The name Belmont is formed from the medieval terms bèl (beautiful) and mont (mountain). The current name dates from 1929. Demographics See also *Communes of the Lot department The following is a list of the 313 communes of the Lot department of France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and ... References Communes of Lot (department) {{Lot-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camboulit
Camboulit (; oc, Cambolit) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Lot department The following is a list of the 313 communes of the Lot department of France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and ... References Communes of Lot (department) {{Lot-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambes, Lot
Cambes (; oc, Cambas) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Lot department The following is a list of the 313 communes of the Lot department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Lot (department) {{Lot-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvignac
Calvignac (; oc, Calvinhac) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Lot department The following is a list of the 313 communes of the Lot department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Lot (department) {{Lot-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cajarc
Cajarc () is a commune in the Lot department, Occitania, France. It is a stopping place on the Via podiensis, the medieval pilgrimage route from Le Puy-en-Velay to Santiago de Compostela, but also attracts tourists on account of its medieval town centre, its ''plan d'eau'', a 4 km-long dammed section of the river Lot, and its beautiful setting in the Lot valley and the surrounding limestone plains (''le causse''). Its major cultural event is ''Africajarc'', a four-day festival of contemporary African music and culture which runs in the last week of July each year; in 2008 it celebrated its tenth anniversary. Notable people Cajarc was the birthplace of playwright, novelist and screenwriter Françoise Sagan (1935–2004) born Françoise Quoirez. President of France Georges Pompidou was an MP for the area in the National Assembly. See also *Communes of the Lot department The following is a list of the 313 communes of the Lot department of France. The communes cooperate i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cahus
Cahus is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Lot department The following is a list of the 313 communes of the Lot department of France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and ... References Communes of Lot (department) {{Lot-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadrieu
Cadrieu (; oc, Cadriu) is a commune in the Lot department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ... in south-western France. It is around 25 km east of Cahors. See also * Communes of the Lot department References Communes of Lot (department) {{Lot-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bretenoux
Bretenoux (; oc, Bertenor) is a commune in the Lot department in southwestern France. Geography Location The ''Bastide'' is located north of the Lot, near the border with the Corrèze department, in the Dordogne Valley, Bretenoux is attached to the town of Biars-sur-Cère. It is watered by the Cère and Le Mamoul rivers, and crossed by the D940 and D803 national roads. Founded in 1277 by the powerful Lord of Castelnau, it has retained its checker-board grid plan, squares and its covered arcades, remains of ramparts, and two beautiful turreted houses, one the town hall, the other the gendarmerie. Toponymy Bretenoux comes from the name ''Brittanorum villa'', which means "the domain, the property, of the Breton villa." Population Local culture and heritage Places and monuments * L'église Sainte-Catherine. * La place des Consuls: Square in shape, surrounded by houses with arcades and half-timbered houses. * The house of ''de l'oncle du Midi'', Pierre Loti, on the corner of rue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brengues
Brengues (Languedocien: ''Brengas'') is a commune in the Lot department in southwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac .... Population See also * Communes of the Lot department References Communes of Lot (department) {{Lot-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Bouyssou
Le Bouyssou (; oc, Lo Boisson) is a commune in the Lot department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ... in southwestern France. Population See also * Communes of the Lot department References Communes of Lot (department) {{Lot-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boussac, Lot
Boussac (; oc, Boçac) is a commune in the Lot department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Lot department The following is a list of the 313 communes of the Lot department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Lot (department) {{Lot-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
