Puy-l'Évêque

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Puy-l'Évêque

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Puy-l'Évêque

Country	France
Region	Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Lot
Arrondissement	Cahors
Canton	Puy-l'Évêque
Intercommunality	Community of the Communes of the Lot Valley and Vignoble
Mayor	Serge Guérin (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	80–284 m (260–932 ft) (avg. 86 m/282 ft)
Land area¹	26.38 km² (10.19 sq mi)
Population²	2,213 (2008)
- Density	84 /km² (220 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	46231/ 46700
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Puy-l'Évêque is a commune of France situated in the Lot department, within the Midi-Pyrénées region.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Mayors
4 Population
5 See also
6 References

Geography

Picturesquely situated at the neck of a long loop of the Lot in Quercy on the RN (Route Nationale) 111 between Fumel and Cahors, Puy-l'Évêque lies in the wine growing district known by the appellation d’origine contrôlée of "Cahors Vineyards".

History

Puy-l'Évêque is a medieval village.

In 1228 during the Albigensian Crusade the Bishop of Cahors, William of Cardaillac, took possession of the town and gave it the present name of Puy l’Evêque, "Bishop's Puy". The 13th-century tower, the last remnant of the bishop's residence, rises above the tile roofs of the village, entirely built of the local honey-coloure stone. The parish church, with 13th-century origins, is dedicated to Saint-Sauveur, the Saviour.

During the French Revolution the town took the name of Puy Libre "Free Puy".

Mayors

Period	Name	Party
2008–2014	Serge Guérin	Quality
2003–2008	Guy Sudrie	Quality
- 2003	Savournin	Quality
March 1945 -	Ernest Marcouly	Quality

Population

At the start of the 20th century, Puy-l'Évêque had 1,887 inhabitants^[1].

Historical population of Puy-l'Évêque
(Source : INSEE^[2])
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2008
Population	2,147	2,261	2,353	2,302	2,209	2,159	2,178	2,213
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Puy-l'Évêque is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.

References

^ Le Lot partie Chemins de fer p.204 - Armand Viré - Réédition de l'ouvrage de 1907 - ISBN 274550049X
^ Puy-l'Évêque sur le site de l'Insee

Communes of the Lot department