Concots

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Concots
Concots coat of arms
Concots (France)
Concots
region Occitania
Department Lot
Arrondissement Cahors
Canton Marches du Sud-Quercy
Community association Pays de Lalbenque-Limogne
Coordinates 44 ° 24 '  N , 1 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 24 '  N , 1 ° 39'  E
height 195-368 m
surface 26.02 km 2
Residents 423 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 46260
INSEE code 46073

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Concots is a French commune in the department of Lot in the region Occitania . The town with 423 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) is located in the Causses du Quercy Regional Nature Park . The Célé variant of the French Camino de Santiago Via Podiensis leads through Concots . This variant is marked as the GR 651 long-distance hiking trail .

geography

Concots is located on the south-western edge of the Massif Central in the area of ​​the regional nature park Causses du Quercy south of the Lot .
The next town is Cahors , which can be reached in a westerly direction via the D911 after about 25 kilometers by road. The nearest major French cities are Toulouse (90 km) in the south, Bordeaux (184 km) in the north-west and Montpellier (199 km) in the south-east.

Way of St. James ( Via Podiensis )

In Concots there is a pilgrim hostel (French: Gîte d'étape ), there are other accommodations on the way to Cahors , including in Vaylats , about 500 meters south of the GR 65 , in Mas de Vers , in Le Gascou , about 500 meters south of the GR 65, in Laburgade , about one kilometer north of the GR65. The Célé variant ( long-distance hiking trail GR 651 ) continues over the Causses du Quercy to reunite with the GR 65 at the hamlet of Bach, between Limogne-en-Quercy and Varaire , and then to reach Cahors.
As a road connection, the D4911 leads to Concots. The alternative road connection follows near the GR 65 via the D26 and D22 to Cahors.

literature

  • Bettina Forst: French Way of St. James. From Le Puy-en-Velay to Roncesvalles. All stages - with variants and height profiles. Bergverlag Rother, Munich (recte: Ottobrunn) 2007, ISBN 978-3-7633-4350-8 ( Rother hiking guide ).
  • Bert Teklenborg: Cycling along the Camino de Santiago. From the Rhine to the western end of Europe. (Cycling guide, route planner). 3rd revised edition. Publishing House Tyrolia, Innsbruck 2007, ISBN 978-3-7022-2626-8 .

Web links

Commons : Concots  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Congregational information on annuaire-mairie.fr (French). Retrieved on January 21, 2010
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Way of St. James "Célé variant to Via Podiensis "

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