Floirac, Lot

Floirac is a commune in the Lot department (46) in south-western France.

Floirac
Commune
The Tower of Floirac
Location of Floirac
Floirac
Floirac
Coordinates: 44°55′00″N 1°39′19″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentLot
ArrondissementGourdon
CantonMartel
IntercommunalityCausses et Vallée de la Dordogne
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Raphaël Daubet
Area
1
19.02 km2 (7.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
258
 • Density14/km2 (35/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
46106 /46600
Elevation90–345 m (295–1,132 ft)
(avg. 132 m or 433 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The commune is located in Quercy on the Causse of Floirac. It is watered by the Dordogne, and bordered to the north-west by its tributary, the Tourmente. Floirac has a surface of 19,02 km² and has 268 inhabitants (as of 2006), which makes a population density of 14 inhabitants per km². The coordinates are 44° 55' N and 1° 39' E. The altitude varies between 90 und 345 metres above sea level with an average of 132 metres.[2][3][4] The D43 road and a single track railway crosses it.

Neighbouring municipalities

Toponymy

The toponym Floirac is based on the Gallo-Roman anthroponymy Florus. The endpoint -ac is derived from the Gallic -acon suffix (itself of the common Celtic *-Āko-), often latinized in-acum in the texts. This Floracum toponym is found in Floracum fundum which meant: the domain of Florus.

Politics

The mayor of Floirac since March 2001 is Frédéric Bonnet-Madin.

Places and monuments
  • Entrance of the Chapelle Saint-Roch.
  • Church of Saint-Georges.
  • Tour de Floirac.
  • Chapelle Saint-Roch de Floirac (15th century) Listed as a historic monuments on 10 December 1925
  • Church Saint-Georges de Floirac (15th century) Listed as a historic monuments on 30 May 1978
  • Tour de Floirac, dating from the Middle Ages, registered in the title of historical monuments on 8 August 2013

Notable people
  • Jean Dellac (1876-1937) French politician

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. French Wikipedia
  3. German Wikipedia
  4. Institut géographique national (french) Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.