Figeac
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Commune of Figeac View of Figeac |
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| Location | |
| Longitude | 2°02" E |
| Latitude | 44°36" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Midi-Pyrénées |
| Department | Lot |
| Arrondissement | Figeac |
| Canton | Figeac |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Pays de Figeac-Cajarc |
| Mayor | Nicole Paulo (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 170 m–451 m (avg. 225 m) |
| Land area¹ | 35.16 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
9,606 |
| - Density (1999) | 273/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 46102/ 46100 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Figeac (also known as Fijac) is a town in the Lot département in Quercy, Midi-Pyrénées, southwestern France.
Figeac is commune and a sous-préfecture of the Lot département.
[edit] Culture
Jean-François Champollion the first translator of the hieroglyphics was born in Figeac where there is a Champollion Museum. On the "Place des écritures" (writings place) is a giant copy of the Rosetta stone, by Joseph Kosuth. Louis Malle's 1974 film, Lucien Lacombe, is set there, with the time being 1944.
The actor Charles Boyer was born in Figeac.
Figeac is the name of the undertaker in Camus's novel, The Stranger.
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