Nuzéjouls

Nuzéjouls
Nuzéjouls

Coordinates: 44°32′23″N 1°22′50″E / 44.5397°N 1.3806°E / 44.5397; 1.3806Coordinates: 44°32′23″N 1°22′50″E / 44.5397°N 1.3806°E / 44.5397; 1.3806
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Lot
Arrondissement Cahors
Canton Catus
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de Catus
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Gérard Miquel
Area1 4.74 km2 (1.83 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 303
  Density 64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 46211 / 46150
Elevation 149–309 m (489–1,014 ft)
(avg. 229 m or 751 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.

Nuzéjouls is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.

Toponymy

Nuzejouls is derived from the Latin nux, nucis and the gaulish for "clearing".[1]

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Tourism

During the 1990s, the village was a center of camelk breeding, which attracted many tourists at a regional level.

References

  1. Information board in the village

See also


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