Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cahors is the ''

communauté d'agglomération An agglomeration community (french: communauté d'agglomération) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté urb ...

'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

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Cahors Cahors (; oc, Caors ) is a commune in the western part of Southern France. It is the smallest prefecture among the 13 departments that constitute the Occitanie Region. The main city of the Lot department and the historical center of the Quer ...

. It is located in the

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, in the

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, southern

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. Created in 2009, its seat is in Cahors.CA du Grand Cahors (N° SIREN : 200023737)
BANATIC. Retrieved 18 November 2022. Its area is 593.2 km². Its population was 41,795 in 2019, of which 19,937 in Cahors proper.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 36 communes: # Arcambal #

Bellefont-La Rauze Bellefont-La Rauze is a commune in the department of Lot, southern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Laroque-des-Arcs (the seat), Cours and Valroufié.Boissières # Bouziès #

Cabrerets Cabrerets (; Languedocien: ''Crabairet'') is a commune in the Lot department in southwestern France. The village of Cabrerets derives its name from ''cabre'', meaning goat in the Occitan language. Population Geography The village lies at the c ...

# Caillac # Calamane # Catus #

Cieurac Cieurac (; oc, Siurac) 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 th ...

# Crayssac # Douelle # Espère # Fontanes #

Francoulès Francoulès (; oc, Francolès) 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 (), offic ...

Gigouzac Gigouzac 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 Republ ...

Les Junies Les Junies (; oc, Las Joanias) 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 (), offic ...

Labastide-du-Vert Labastide-du-Vert ( Occitan: ''La Bastida del Vèrn'') is a commune in the Lot department in the Occitania region in Southwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 270. Notable people * Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin (1860–1943), painter, ...

Labastide-Marnhac Labastide-Marnhac ( Occitan: ''La Bastida de Marnhac'') is a commune in the Lot department in the Occitania region in Southwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,244. See also *Communes of the Lot department The following is a list ...

Lamagdelaine Lamagdelaine (; oc, La Magdalena) is a commune located 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 Franc ...

# Lherm #

Maxou Maxou 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 ...

Mechmont Mechmont is a commune in the Lot ''département'' in south-western France. Population See also *Communes of the Lot department The following is a list of the 313 communes of the Lot department of France France (), officially ...

# Mercuès # Le Montat # Montgesty # Nuzéjouls # Pontcirq # Pradines # Saint-Cirq-Lapopie #

Saint-Denis-Catus Saint-Denis-Catus ( Languedocien: ''Sent Daunís de Catús'') 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 ...

# Saint Géry-Vers # Saint-Médard #

Saint-Pierre-Lafeuille Saint-Pierre-Lafeuille (; Languedocien: ''Sent Pèire de la Fuèlha'') is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It ...

Tour-de-Faure Tour-de-Faure (; oc, Torre-de-Faure) 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 (), ...

# Trespoux-Rassiels

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