Bretenoux
Bretenoux Bertenor |
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Lot | |
Arrondissement | Figeac | |
Canton | Cère et Ségala | |
Community association | Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne | |
Coordinates | 44 ° 55 ′ N , 1 ° 50 ′ E | |
height | 129–245 m | |
surface | 5.69 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,356 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 238 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 46130 | |
INSEE code | 46038 | |
Website | http://www.bretenoux.fr/ | |
Town hall (hôtel de ville) of Bretenoux |
Bretenoux ( Occitan : Bertenor ) is a French commune with 1,356 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lot department in the Occitanie region (previously Midi-Pyrénées ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Figeac and the canton of Cère et Ségala (until 2015: canton of Bretenoux ). The inhabitants are called Bretenouviens .
geography
Bretenoux is located 60 kilometers north-northeast of Cahors , in the very north of the Lot, on the river Cère . Bretenoux is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Biars-sur-Cère in the north, Glanes in the east, Cornac in the south-east, Saint-Michel-Loubéjou in the south and south-east, Prudhomat in the south and south-west and Girac in the west and north-west.
history
Bretenoux is a bastide that was founded in 1277.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 931 | 1,071 | 1,115 | 1,213 | 1,211 | 1,231 | 1.311 | 1,362 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Sainte-Catherine church
- Castelnau-Bretenoux Castle
- earlier fortification
Personalities
- Gustave Pradelle (1839-1891), playwright