Saint-Cirq-Lapopie
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Commune of Saint-Cirq-Lapopie | |
Location | |
Longitude | 1° 40' 14" E |
Latitude | 44° 27' 55" N |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Midi-Pyrénées |
Department | Lot |
Arrondissement | Cahors |
Canton | Saint-Géry |
Statistics | |
Altitude | 120m–389m (avg. m) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 46256/ 46xxx |
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). | |
Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is a commune in the French département of Lot.
The town is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the département, and the entire town is almost a museum in itself. Well known with artists, it became the home of André Breton.