Floirac, Lot
(avg. 132 m or 433 ft)
Floirac (French pronunciation: [flwaʁak]) is a commune in the Lot department (46) in south-western France.[3]
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 265 inhabitants (as of 2016), 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 and 345 metres above sea level, with 140 metres at the town hall.[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
Term | Name |
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2001–2014 | Frédéric Bonnet-Madin |
2014–2020 | Raphaël Daubet |
2020–incumbent | Alexandre Barrouilhet |
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
- Raphael Daubet (1977-) French politician
- Max Pugh Film director and artist (1977-)
- Jean-Louis Ezine French writer and broadcaster
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ "Résultat sur la commune : ' FLOIRAC ', Institut géographique national". Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
External links
- Official website
- Floirac en Quercy (in French)
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- Floressas
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- Fourmagnac
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- Frayssinet
- Frayssinet-le-Gélat
- Frayssinhes
- Frontenac
- Gagnac-sur-Cère
- Gignac
- Gigouzac
- Gindou
- Ginouillac
- Gintrac
- Girac
- Glanes
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- Goujounac
- Gourdonsubpr
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- Lacave
- Lachapelle-Auzac
- Ladirat
- Lagardelle
- Lalbenque
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- Lamothe-Cassel
- Lamothe-Fénelon
- Lanzac
- Laramière
- Larnagol
- Larroque-Toirac
- Latouille-Lentillac
- Latronquière
- Lauresses
- Lauzès
- Laval-de-Cère
- Lavercantière
- Lavergne
- Lendou-en-Quercy
- Lentillac-du-Causse
- Lentillac-Saint-Blaise
- Léobard
- Leyme
- Lherm
- Lhospitalet
- Limogne-en-Quercy
- Linac
- Lissac-et-Mouret
- Livernon
- Loubressac
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- Mercuès
- Meyronne
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- Milhac
- Molières
- Montamel
- Le Montat
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- Le Roc
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- Saint-Denis-lès-Martel
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- Saint-Félix
- Saint-Germain-du-Bel-Air
- Saint Géry-Vers
- Saint-Hilaire
- Saint-Jean-de-Laur
- Saint-Jean-Lagineste
- Saint-Jean-Lespinasse
- Saint-Jean-Mirabel
- Saint-Laurent-les-Tours
- Saint-Martin-Labouval
- Saint-Martin-le-Redon
- Saint-Maurice-en-Quercy
- Saint-Médard
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- Saint-Médard-Nicourby
- Saint-Michel-de-Bannières
- Saint-Michel-Loubéjou
- Saint-Paul-de-Vern
- Saint-Paul-Flaugnac
- Saint-Perdoux
- Saint-Pierre-Lafeuille
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- Saint-Projet
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- Tauriac
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- Le Vigan
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- subpr: subprefecture
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