Lacave (; oc, La Cava) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
of
France
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, situated in the North-West of the
Lot department, within the
Occitanie region
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.
Geography
Situated in the foothills of the "
Causse de Gramat" at the
confluence of 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 name ...
and the
Ouysse, 12 km from
Souillac and 8 km from
Rocamadour
Rocamadour (; ''Rocamador'' in Occitan) is a commune in the Lot department in Southwestern France. It lies in the former province of Quercy.
Rocamadour has attracted visitors for its setting in a gorge above a tributary of the River Dordogn ...
.
History
Inhabited since the time of the
Solutrean
The Solutrean industry is a relatively advanced flint tool-making style of the Upper Paleolithic of the Final Gravettian, from around 22,000 to 17,000 BP. Solutrean sites have been found in modern-day France, Spain and Portugal.
Details
...
and
Magdalenian cultures of the
Paleolithic era.
Administration
Population
At the start of the 20th century, Lacave had 519 inhabitants "with just 27 concentrated in the main town".
[''Le Lot'' chapter ''Souillac et Lacave'' p.223 - Armand Viré - Réédition de l'ouvrage de 1907 - ]
See also
*
Communes of the Lot department
The following is a list of the 313 communes of the Lot department of France
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References
Communes of Lot (department)
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