Payrignac

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Payrignac
Pairinhac
Payrignac (France)
Payrignac
region Occitania
Department Lot
Arrondissement Gourdon
Canton Gourdon
Community association Quercy-Bouriane
Coordinates 44 ° 45 ′  N , 1 ° 21 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 45 ′  N , 1 ° 21 ′  E
height 95-232 m
surface 21.64 km 2
Residents 671 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 31 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 46300
INSEE code

Payrignac is a southern French municipality with 671 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lot département in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Gourdon and the Canton of Gourdon .

location

Payrignac is located about 40 kilometers north-north-west of Cahors in the Quercy region , more precisely the Bouriane in the heart of the Périgord noir . Payrignac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Cirq-Madelon in the north and northwest, Milhac in the north, Anglars-Nozac in the northeast, Gourdon in the south and east, Léobard in the southwest and Nabirat in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 438 491 466 504 528 589 686 698
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Agapit church
  • Saint-Agapit church
  • caves

Web links

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