Floirac, Lot

Floirac
Commune
The Tower of Floirac
Floirac
Location within Occitanie region
Floirac
Coordinates: 44°55′00″N 1°39′19″E / 44.9167°N 1.6553°E / 44.9167; 1.6553Coordinates: 44°55′00″N 1°39′19″E / 44.9167°N 1.6553°E / 44.9167; 1.6553
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Lot
Arrondissement Gourdon
Canton Martel
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Pays de Martel
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Raphaël Daubet
Area1 19.02 km2 (7.34 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 268
 • Density 14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 46106 /46600
Elevation 90–345 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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

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.[1][2][3] 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

  • 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. ↑ French Wikipedia
  2. ↑ German Wikipedia
  3. ↑ Institut géographique national (french) Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine.
  • Floirac on the website of INSEE (in French)
  • Floirac on the website of QUID (in French)
  • Floirac at pagesperso-orange.fr (in French)


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