Bretenoux

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Bretenoux
Bertenor
Bretenoux coat of arms
Bretenoux (France)
Bretenoux
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 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
Sainte-Catherine church

Personalities

Web links

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