Porte-du-Quercy

Porte-du-Quercy
region	Occitania
Department	Lot
Arrondissement	Cahors
Canton	Puy-l'Évêque , Luzech
Community association	Communes du Quercy Blanc
Coordinates	44 ° 25 '  N , 1 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 25 '  N , 1 ° 9'  E
height	108-292 m
surface	49.02 km 2
Residents	576 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	12 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	46800
INSEE code	46033
Website	porte-du-quercy.wixsite.com/website
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Porte-du-Quercy is a French commune with 576 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lot département in the Occitanie region . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Cahors and to the cantons of Puy-l'Évêque and Luzech .

It was created with effect from January 1, 2019 as Commune nouvelle by amalgamating the previously independent communes of Le Boulvé , Fargues , Saint-Matré and Saux , which from now on have the status of Communes déléguées . The administrative headquarters are in Le Boulvé.

structure

District	former INSEE code	Area (km²)	Population as of January 1, 2017
Le Boulvé (administrative headquarters)	46033	19.51	191
Fargues	46099	14.79	153
Saint-Matré	46278	6.41	136
Saux	46300	8.31	96

geography

Porte-du-Quercy is located about 25 km west of Cahors in the Quercy Blanc area of the historic province of Quercy on the south-western border with the neighboring departments of Lot-et-Garonne and Tarn-et-Garonne .

Porte-du-Quercy is surrounded by the ten neighboring municipalities:

Floressas Sérignac	Grézels	Bélaye
Masquières (Lot-et-Garonne) Courbiac (Lot-et-Garonne)		Carnac-Rouffiac
Montaigu-de-Quercy (Tarn-et-Garonne)	Montcuq-en-Quercy-Blanc	Barguelonne-en-Quercy

Attractions

Surname	place	Remarks
Parish Church of Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul	Le Boulvé	Origin in the 13th century
Parish church in Creissens	Le Boulvé	Origin 14th century
Parish church of Saint-Saturnin in Ségos	Le Boulvé	Origin late 12th or early 13th century
Le Boulvé Castle	Le Boulvé	Origin in the second half of the 13th century
Parish Church of Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul	Fargues	Origin 13th century, remodeling in the 19th century
Parish Church of Saint Nicolas in Bovila	Fargues	Origin late 12th or early 13th century
Parish Church in Farguettes	Fargues	Second half of the 15th century
Saint Barthélemy parish church in Mascayroles	Fargues	Late 15th or early 16th century
Chapel of Coulourgues	Saint-Matré	13th Century
Miraval Castle	Saint-Matré	16th Century
Parish Church of Saint-André	Saux	Origins in the 13th century
Aix Castle	Saux	15th century

Economy and Infrastructure

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  Blue cheese Bleu des Causses

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  AOC Cahors grapevine

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  Rocamadour cheese

Porte-du-Quercy is in the AOC zones

• the blue cheese Bleu des Causses ,
• des Cahors wine and
• des Rocamadour , a cheese made from goat's milk .

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 90

traffic

Porte-du-Quercy can be reached via Routes départementales 4, 28, 44, 45, 50, 58, 202 and 656, the former Route nationale 656 .

Web links

Commons : Porte-du-Quercy  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information about the blue cheese Bleu des Causses (French)
• Information about the Cahors wine (French)
• Information about the Rocamadour cheese (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ RECUEIL DES ACTES ADMINISTRATIFS SPÉCIAL N ° 46-2018-089 ( fr , PDF) Département Lot. Pp. 11-13. December 27, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
2. ↑ current population according to INSEE
3. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved May 9, 2019.
4. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune du Boulvé (46033) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved May 9, 2019.
5. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Fargues (46099) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved May 9, 2019.
6. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Saint-Matré (46278) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved May 9, 2019.
7. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Saux (46300) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved May 9, 2019.