Cajarc

Cajarc is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.

Cajarc
Lot River at Cajarc
Coat of arms
Location of Cajarc
Cajarc
Cajarc
Coordinates: 44°29′11″N 1°50′37″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentLot
ArrondissementFigeac
CantonCausse et Vallées
IntercommunalityGrand-Figeac
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Jacques Viratelle
Area
1
25.1 km2 (9.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,125
  Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
46045 /46160
Elevation140–394 m (459–1,293 ft)
(avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is a stopping place on the Via podiensis, the medieval pilgrimage route from Le Puy-en-Velay to Santiago de Compostela, but also attracts tourists on account of its medieval town centre, its plan d'eau, a 4 km-long dammed section of the Lot River, and its beautiful setting in the Lot valley and the surrounding limestone plains (le causse). Its major cultural event is Africajarc, a four-day festival of contemporary African music and culture which runs in the last week of July each year; in 2008 it celebrated its tenth anniversary.

Notable people

Cajarc was the birthplace of playwright, novelist and screenwriter Françoise Sagan (1935–2004) born Françoise Quoirez.

President of France Georges Pompidou was an MP for the area in the National Assembly.

See also

Monument to the dead

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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