Touzac, Lot

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

Touzac
Commune
The Source Bleue
Location of Touzac
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Coordinates: 44°29′54″N 1°03′22″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Lot
Arrondissement	Cahors
Canton	Puy-l'Évêque
Area 1	4.9 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	373
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	46321 /46700
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Situated in a bend of the river Lot, many of its buildings date from the 1840s and 1850s and were constructed in a wave of economic development that followed the opening of the metallurgical factory in nearby Fumel. Today, after the factory in Fumel has seen most of its operations moved to Spain in the 1970s and 1980s (a loss of some 3500 jobs) and after the decline of agriculture, Touzac, like many other villages in the area, is becoming a tourist destination.

One of its attractions is La source bleue, a blue spring near the river. Next to the spring is a water mill, and the domaine is now a hotel and restaurant named for the spring.[2] Marguerite Moreno lived here during World War II.[3]