Floirac, Lot

Floirac
Commune
The Tower of Floirac
Location of Floirac
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Coordinates: 44°55′00″N 1°39′19″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Lot
Arrondissement	Gourdon
Canton	Martel
Intercommunality	Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alexandre Barrouilhet[1]
Area ^1	19.02 km^2 (7.34 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	240
• Density	13/km^2 (33/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

List of successive mayors

Term	Name
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

• Communes of the Lot department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. "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)