Payrac

Payrac
Payrac
	Commune
	A general view of Payrac
	Payrac Location within Occitanie region Payrac
	Coordinates: 44°47′51″N 1°28′22″E / 44.7975°N 1.4728°ECoordinates: 44°47′51″N 1°28′22″E / 44.7975°N 1.4728°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Lot
Arrondissement	Gourdon
Canton	Souillac
Intercommunality	Haute Bouriane
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Favory
Area1	19.5 km2 (7.5 sq mi)
Population (2007)2	672
• Density	34/km2 (89/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	46215 /46350
Elevation	125–364 m (410–1,194 ft) ; (avg. 280 m or 920 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.

Payrac is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. The inhabitants of Payrac are called "Payraçois" and "Payraçoises".

Bordering Towns

Lamothe-Fénelon	Loupiac	Calès
Rouffilhac
Anglars-Nozac	Le Vigan	Reilhaguet

History

Payrac was an important town in the times of ancient Rome, but because of military campaigns and pillages from the Hundred Years' War and the Bubonic Plague, the town's population plummeted to the point where it was nearly uninhabited. Under the influence of lords, peasants moved to and repopulated Payrac.

In 1589, the Huguenot army ravaged Payrac and killed 500 people.

After this period, Payrac underwent an economic revival due to its strategic placement with Paris and Toulouse. Payrac did not undergo change during the Industrial Revolution, and as a result lost half its population.

Population

Date of Population
(Source: Cassini^[1] et INSEE^[2])

1793	1800	1806	1820	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
1 017	909	1 160	-	1 786	1 809	1 911	1 253	1 267	1 265

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
1 290	1 320	1 255	1 240	1 222	1 185	1 179	1 136	1 069

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
980	960	968	846	816	719	687	646	580

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2004	2007	-
523	512	456	448	492	564	-	672	-
For the census of 1962 to 1999 the official population corresponds with the population without duplicates according to the INSEE.

References

External links

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[1] ttp://cassini.ehess.fr/ Population par commune avant 1962 (résultats publiés au journal officiel ou conservés aux archives départementales)

[2] INSEE : Population depuis le recensement de 1962

Payrac
Commune
A general view of Payrac
Payrac Location within Occitanie region Payrac
Coordinates: 44°47′51″N 1°28′22″E / 44.7975°N 1.4728°E / 44.7975; 1.4728Coordinates: 44°47′51″N 1°28′22″E / 44.7975°N 1.4728°E / 44.7975; 1.4728
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Lot
Arrondissement	Gourdon
Canton	Souillac
Intercommunality	Haute Bouriane
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Favory
Area¹	19.5 km² (7.5 sq mi)
Population (2007)²	672
• Density	34/km² (89/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	46215 /46350
Elevation	125–364 m (410–1,194 ft) (avg. 280 m or 920 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.