Promilhanes

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Promilhanes
Promilhanas
Promilhanes (France)
Promilhanes
region Occitania
Department Lot
Arrondissement Cahors
Canton Marches du Sud-Quercy
Community association Grand Villefranchois
Coordinates 44 ° 23 ′  N , 1 ° 49 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 23 ′  N , 1 ° 49 ′  E
height 334-403 m
surface 14.55 km 2
Residents 226 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 46260
INSEE code 46227

Promilhanes ( Occitan Promilhanas ) is a French commune with 226 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lot department in the Occitania region (previously Midi-Pyrénées ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Cahors , to the canton of Marches du Sud-Quercy (until 2015: canton of Limogne-en-Quercy ). The inhabitants call themselves Promilhanais .

location

Promilhanes lies at an altitude of approx. 390 meters above sea level. d. M. on the southwestern edge of the Massif Central in the area of ​​the Causse de Limogne . The municipality is part of the Causses du Quercy Regional Nature Park . Promilhanes is surrounded by the neighboring communities Limogne-en-Quercy in the north and west, Puyjourdes in the north and northeast, Laramière in the east and southeast and Vidaillac in the south and southwest

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2016
Residents 221 214 180 192 184 181 164 216 224
Source: Cassini and INSEE

economy

In the Haut-Quercy agriculture was traditionally practiced, which also included viticulture until the 19th century, but which was almost completely abandoned after the phylloxera crisis. Today - in addition to cattle and poultry farming - tourism in the form of renting holiday apartments ( gîtes ) plays a major role in the economic life of the municipality.

Attractions

La Bosse windmill
  • Saints-Pierre-et-Paul church
  • Saint Roch chapel
  • La Bosse windmill
  • La Léoune cave

Personalities

Web links

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