Castelnau-Montratier

Castelnau-Montratier
local community	Castelnau Montratier-Sainte Alauzie
region	Occitania
Department	Lot
Arrondissement	Cahors
Coordinates	44 ° 16 ′ N , 1 ° 21 ′ E Coordinates: 44 ° 16 ′ N , 1 ° 21 ′ E
Post Code	46170
Former INSEE code	46063
Incorporation	January 1, 2017
status	Commune déléguée
Website	http://www.castelnau-montratier.fr/
	; Town hall of Castelnau-Montratier

Castelnau-Montratier ( Occitan : Castèlnau de Montratièr ) is a village and a commune déléguée in the southern French municipality of Castelnau Montratier-Sainte Alauzie with 1,772 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lot department in the Occitanie region . The inhabitants are called Castelnaudais .

With effect from January 1, 2017, Castelnau-Montratier was merged with the commune of Sainte-Alauzie to form the Commune nouvelle Castelnau Montratier-Sainte Alauzie, where it has the status of a commune déléguée. It belonged to the arrondissement of Cahors and the canton of Marches du Sud-Quercy (until 2015: canton of Castelnau-Montratier ).

location

Castelnau-Montratier is located on the banks of the Lupte River in the old cultural landscape of the Quercy , about 28 kilometers north of Montauban . The Barguelonne River crosses the Commune déléguée area. The municipality of Castelnau-Montratier was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Sainte-Alauzie in the north and north-west, Pern in the north-east, Flaugnac in the east, Saint-Paul-de-Loubressac in the east and south-east, Montfermier in the south-east, Molières in the south, Labarthe in the south-west, Vazerac to the west and southwest and Sauveterre to the west.

The former Route nationale 659 runs through the territory of the Commune déléguée .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	1,971	1,922	1,786	1,782	1,820	1,844	1,882	1,858
Source: Cassini and INSEE