Porte-du-Quercy
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Lot | |
Arrondissement | Cahors | |
Canton | Puy-l'Évêque , Luzech | |
Community association | Communes du Quercy Blanc | |
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 | |
View of Le Boulvé |
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 |
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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 |
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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
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 .
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
- Information about the blue cheese Bleu des Causses (French)
- Information about the Cahors wine (French)
- Information about the Rocamadour cheese (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ RECUEIL DES ACTES ADMINISTRATIFS SPÉCIAL N ° 46-2018-089 ( fr , PDF) Département Lot. Pp. 11-13. December 27, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- ↑ current population according to INSEE
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune du Boulvé (46033) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Fargues (46099) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Saint-Matré (46278) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Saux (46300) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved May 9, 2019.