Floirac, Lot

Floirac
The Tower of Floirac
Floirac
Location within Occitanie region  Floirac
Coordinates: 44°55′00″N 1°39′19″E / 44.9167°N 1.6553°ECoordinates: 44°55′00″N 1°39′19″E / 44.9167°N 1.6553°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Lot
Arrondissement	Gourdon
Canton	Martel
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de Martel
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Frédéric Bonnet-Madin
Area^1	19.02 km^2 (7.34 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	268
• Density	14/km^2 (36/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	46106 / 46600
Elevation	90–345 m (295–1,132 ft) (avg. 132 m or 433 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Floirac is a commune in the Lot department (46) in south-western France.

Geography

Floirac has a surface of 19,02 km² and has 268 inhabitants (as of 2006), which makes a population density of 14 inhabitants per km². The coordinates are 44° 55' N and 1° 39' E. The altitude varies between 90 und 345 metres above sea level with an average of 132 metres.^[1][2][3] The River Dordogne is flowing through the town. The Département street D 43 and a single track railway crosses it.

Neighbour towns

• St-Denis-lès-Martel
• Mézels
• Carennac
• Lavalade
• Montvalent
• Copeyre
• Gluges
• Trauchou

Politics

The mayor of Floirac since March 2001 is Frédéric Bonnet-Madin.

Objects of interest

• Chapel Saint-Roch au Barry (15th century)
• Church Saint-Georges from the seventeenth century

Notable People

• Ben Pelling

See also

• Communes of the Lot department

References

1. French Wikipedia
2. German Wikipedia
3. Institut géographique national (french)

External links

• Floirac on the website of INSEE (French)
• Floirac on the website of QUID (French)
• Floirac at pagesperso-orange.fr (French)