Fumel
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Lot-et-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Villeneuve-sur-Lot | |
| Canton | Le Fumélois (main town) | |
| Community association | Fumel Vallée du Lot | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 30 ′ N , 0 ° 58 ′ E | |
| height | 56-207 m | |
| surface | 22.66 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,834 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 213 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 47500 | |
| INSEE code | 47106 | |
| Website | http://www.fumel-fr.com/ | |
 Avenue Thiers, with the Église Saint-Antoine in the background |
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Fumel is a French town with 4834 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Lot-et-Garonne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The city is located in the arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot and is the capital (French: chef-lieu ) of the canton of Le Fumélois . The Lot , a French river in the Massif Central , crosses Fumel and flows into the Garonne River .
During the Wars of Religion, Protestant farmers attacked the place in 1561 and killed the Baron François de Fumel, lord of Château de Fumel and former ambassador of King Henry II at the Sublime Porte .
Born in Fumel
- Jacques Hairabedian (1926-2014), French boxer
- Jean Nouvel (* 1945), French architect
Town twinning
- Burghausen in Bavaria ( Germany ), since 1975
- Almoradí in the Region of Valencia ( Spain )
Web links
Commons : Fumel - collection of images, videos and audio files
