Floirac
Commune
The Tower of Floirac
The Tower of Floirac
Location of Floirac
Floirac is located in France
Floirac
Floirac
Floirac is located in Occitanie
Floirac
Floirac
Coordinates: 44°55′00″N 1°39′19″E / 44.9167°N 1.6553°E / 44.9167; 1.6553
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentLot
ArrondissementGourdon
CantonMartel
IntercommunalityCausses et Vallée de la Dordogne
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alexandre Barrouilhet[1]
Area
1
19.02 km2 (7.34 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
240
 • Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
46106 /46600
Elevation90–345 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.

Floirac (French pronunciation: [flwaʁak]) is a commune in the Lot department (46) in south-western France.[3]

Geography

The commune is located in Quercy on the Causse of Floirac. It is watered by the Dordogne, and bordered to the north-west by its tributary, the Tourmente. Floirac has a surface of 19.02 km² and has 265 inhabitants (as of 2016), 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 and 345 metres above sea level, with 140 metres at the town hall.[4][5] The D43 road and a single track railway crosses it.

Neighbouring municipalities

Toponymy

The toponym Floirac is based on the Gallo-Roman anthroponymy Florus. The endpoint -ac is derived from the Gallic -acon suffix (itself of the common Celtic *-Āko-), often latinized in-acum in the texts. This Floracum toponym is found in Floracum fundum which meant: the domain of Florus.

Politics

List of successive mayors
TermName[4]
2001–2014Frédéric Bonnet-Madin
2014–2020Raphaël Daubet
2020–incumbentAlexandre Barrouilhet

Places and monuments

  • Chapelle Saint-Roch de Floirac (15th century) Listed as a historic monuments on 10 December 1925
  • Church Saint-Georges de Floirac (15th century) Listed as a historic monuments on 30 May 1978
  • Tour de Floirac, dating from the Middle Ages, registered in the title of historical monuments on 8 August 2013

Notable people

  • Jean Dellac (1876-1937) French politician
  • Raphael Daubet (1977-) French politician
  • Max Pugh Film director and artist (1977-)
  • Jean-Louis Ezine French writer and broadcaster

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ INSEE commune file
  4. 1 2 Village de Floirac, annuaire-mairie.fr, accessed 22 March 2022
  5. ↑ "Résultat sur la commune : ' FLOIRAC ', Institut géographique national". Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
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