Floirac, Lot

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Floirac is a town and commune in the Lot département, in southern France.


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[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

Floirac has a suface of 19,02 km² and has 277 inhabitants (as of 1999), 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 und 345 meters above sea level with an average of 132 meters. [1] [2] [3]. The River Dordogne is flowing through the town. The Département street D 43 and a single track railway crosses it.

[edit] Neighbour towns

  • St-Denis-près-Martel
  • Mézels
  • Carenac
  • Lavalade
  • Montvalent
  • Copeyre
  • Gluges
  • Trauchou

[edit] History

[edit] Politics

The mayor of Floirac since March 2001 is Monsieur Frédéric Bonnet-Madin.

[edit] Objects of interest

  • Chapel Saint-Roch au Barry (15th century)
  • Church from the 17th century

[edit] Literature

  1. ^ French Wikipedia
  2. ^ German Wikipedia
  3. ^ Institut géographique national (french)

[edit] Weblinks