Labastide-Murat
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| local community | Coeur de Causse | |
| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Lot | |
| Arrondissement | Gourdon | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 39 ′ N , 1 ° 34 ′ E | |
| Post Code | 46240 | |
| Former INSEE code | 46138 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | www.labastide-murat.fr | |
Labastide-Murat , until 1852 Labastide-Fortunière , is a former French commune with 648 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lot department in the Occitanie region . It belonged to the canton of Causse et Vallées in the Arrondissement of Gourdon .
Labastide-Murat merged with the municipalities of Beaumat , Fontanes-du-Causse , Saint-Sauveur-la-Vallée and Vaillac to form the Commune nouvelle Cœur de Causse with effect from January 1, 2016 , and has been a commune déléguée there ever since .
geography
The area was part of the Causses du Quercy Regional Nature Park . The park administration is also located here. The Vers river has its source in the municipality . The A20 ( L'Occitane ) car route runs west of the town, junction 56 connects the town with the French motorway network.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
| Residents | 718 | 687 | 700 | 732 | 610 | 690 | 650 |
partnership
Labastide-Murat's partner municipality was Tolentino in the Italian region of Marche .
Born in the place
- Joachim Murat (1767–1815), Napoléon's brother-in-law , as Joachim I, King of Naples from 1808 to 1815 , after whom the community was renamed in 1852
- Antoinette Murat (1793–1847), French hereditary princess and Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1831 until her death
