Nuzéjouls

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Nuzéjouls
Nuzéjouls (France)
Nuzéjouls
region Occitania
Department Lot
Arrondissement Cahors
Canton Causse et Bouriane
Community association Grand Cahors
Coordinates 44 ° 32 '  N , 1 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 32 '  N , 1 ° 23'  E
height 149-309 m
surface 4.74 km 2
Residents 372 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 78 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 46150
INSEE code 46211

Nuzéjouls is a French municipality with 372 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Lot in the Région Okzitanien (2015 Midi-Pyrenees ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Cahors and the community association Grand Cahors, founded in 2009 . The inhabitants are called Nuzéjoliens .

geography

The community is located about 13 kilometers northwest of Cahors on the upper reaches of the Ruisseau de Rouby , a right tributary of the Lot in the southwest of the Haut Quercy landscape in the southwestern foothills of the Massif Central . Neighboring communities are Boissières in the northeast and east, Calamane in the southeast, Espère in the south, Crayssac in the southwest and Catus in the west and northwest.

The districts of Pech Granie, Mas de Figeac, Mas d'Alary, Mas del Saltre, Mas de Ponsot, Mas de Bourdarie, Mas de Moles, Mas de Serres, Combel Haut, Lemozi and Pech de Feste belong to the municipality of Nuzéjouls .

Place name

According to the place name researcher Ernest Nègre , the place name originated from nuc, nux with the suffix -eolum , which denotes a walnut tree, and nucem with the suffix -ialo - a clearing. So the name could be translated as a walnut tree clearing . During the French Revolution (1793 to 1801) the place name was Nujezouls .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 129 126 136 191 238 262 298 382
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • St. Martin Church
  • Lavoir and fountain
  • Croix des Pâtres and other hall crosses
  • Dovecote

Economy and Infrastructure

In Nuzéjouls there is a kindergarten and a primary school, a bowling alley, tennis courts and a swimming pool for leisure activities. There are seven farms in the community, including a seed producer and several horse, sheep and goat farmers.

Nuzéjouls is located away from the nationally important traffic axes. The city of Cahors , 13 kilometers away, is a regional transport hub. There are connections to the trunk road and motorway network ( Autoroute A20 ). The Cahors train station is on the railway line from Paris to Sète with detours to Capdenac and Monsempron-Libos .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Gaston Bazalgues, À la découverte des noms de lieux du Quercy: Toponymie lotoise, Gourdon, Éditions de la Bouriane et du Quercy, June 2002, 127 p. ( ISBN 2-910540-16-2 ), p. 118
  2. ↑ toponym on cassini.ehess.fr (French)
  3. ↑ Nuzéjouls on cassini.ehess.fr
  4. ↑ Nuzéjouls on insee.fr
  5. ↑ Nuzéjouls on grandcahors.fr (French)
  6. ↑ Farmers in Nuzéjouls on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Nuzéjouls  - collection of images