Payrac
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| Commune of Payrac | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 01° 28' 22" Est |
| Latitude | 44° 47' 51" Nord |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Midi-Pyrénées |
| Department | Lot |
| Arrondissement | Arrondissement de Gourdon |
| Canton | Canton de Payrac |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes Haute Bouriane |
| Mayor | Bernard Choulet (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 125 m–364 m (avg. 280 m) |
| Land area¹ | 19,5 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
564 |
| - Density () | 28/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 46215/ 46350 |
| 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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Payrac is a village in the Canton of Payrac, in the Arrondissement of Gourdon, in the Departement of the Lot 46, in the Region of the Midi-Pyrénées, in France.
[edit] History
Payrac was an important town in the times of ancient Rome, but because of military campaigns and pillages from the Hundred Year's War and the Bubonic Plague, the town's population plummeted to the point where it was nearly uninhabited. However, under the influence of lords, peasants moved to and repopulated Payrac.
In 1589, the Huegenot army ravaged Payrac and killed 500 people.
After this period, Payrac underwent an economic revival due to its strategic placement with Paris and Toulouse. Unfortunately, Payrac did not undergo change during the Industrial Revolution, and as a result lost half its population.
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