Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cahors is the ''
communauté d'agglomération
An agglomeration community (, ) is a consortium of communes in France, communes (municipality, municipalities) in France, created as a government structure by the Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of co ...
'', an
intercommunal structure, centred on the
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
of
Cahors
Cahors (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the western part of Southern France. It is the smallest prefecture among the 13 departments that constitute the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Region. The capital and main city of t ...
. It is located in the
Lot department, in the
Occitania
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region
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, southern
France
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. Created in 2009, its seat is in Cahors.
[CA du Grand Cahors (N° SIREN : 200023737)]
BANATIC. Retrieved 17 October 2024. Its area is 593.2 km
2. 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:
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 t ...
#Cahors
Cahors (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the western part of Southern France. It is the smallest prefecture among the 13 departments that constitute the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Region. The capital and main city of t ...
# Caillac
# Calamane
# Catus
# Cieurac
# Crayssac
# Douelle
# Espère
# Fontanes
# Francoulès
# Gigouzac
# Les Junies
# Labastide-du-Vert
# Labastide-Marnhac
# Lamagdelaine
# Lherm
# Maxou
# Mechmont
# Mercuès
# Le Montat
# Montgesty
#Nuzéjouls
Nuzéjouls is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.
Toponymy
''Nuzejouls'' is derived from the Latin ''nux, nucis'' and the gaulish for "clearing".Information board in the village
Tourism
During the 1990s, the village was ...
# 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 312 communes of the Lot department of Franc ...
# Saint Géry-Vers
# Saint-Médard
# Saint-Pierre-Lafeuille
# Tour-de-Faure
# Trespoux-Rassiels
References
Cahors
Cahors (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the western part of Southern France. It is the smallest prefecture among the 13 departments that constitute the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Region. The capital and main city of t ...
Cahors
Cahors (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the western part of Southern France. It is the smallest prefecture among the 13 departments that constitute the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Region. The capital and main city of t ...
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