Saint-Céré

The town is located in the centre of a small metropolitan area, in the Quercy, northeast of the Causse de Gramat and west of Segala, between Lacapelle-Marival and Bretenoux, in the valley of the Bave, tributary of the Dordogne river, and on the northern edge of the Limargue. It is the city-centre of the urban unit of Saint-Céré.

Located at the crossroad of the routes to Limousin, Auvergne and Quercy, Saint-Céré is a sought after place to stay due to its location and an excellent point of departure for many walks and excursions in the Haut-Quercy.

The Bave river, a tributary of the Dordogne, flows through the town.

The area of the commune is 1,133 hectares; its altitude varies from 141 to 523 meters.[4]

At the town hall, the altitude of Saint-Céré is 155 meters. It rises from 141 meters at Bave river to 523 meters in the southern part of the commune.

Saint-Céré has the distinction of being at the junction of the three types of temperate climates: there is a Temperate Oceanic climate, with Mediterranean and Continental influences, characterised by a dry and hot summer, a sunny autumn, a mild winter. In the shelter of the foothills of the Massif Central, the Vent d'Autan is here moderate.

• La place du Mercadial, its fountain and the 15th century Consuls' House, which was declared a historic monument in 1991[7]
• L'hôtel de Puymule, 15th-century, was listed as a historical monument in 1929[8]
• L'hôtel de Miramon[9]
• La maison consulaire[10]
• Several wood-panelled houses
• Église Sainte-Spérie, dating from the 10th century, inscribed as a historical monument in 1979[11]
• Église des Récollets, 17th century, listed as a historic monument in 1973[12]
• Statue of Marshal Canrobert
• Statue of Charles Bourseul (1924) by Giovanni Pinotti Cipriani (also sculptor of the monument to the dead in the square of the Place de la République)
• Château de Montal, 14th-century, listed as a historical monument in 1909. It is located in the commune of Saint-Jean-Lespinasse, two kilometres away.[13]