Lacave | |
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Coordinates: 44°50′43″N1°33′32″E / 44.8453°N 1.5589°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Lot |
Arrondissement | Gourdon |
Canton | Souillac |
Intercommunality | Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Stéphane Chambon [1] |
Area 1 | 21.19 km2 (8.18 sq mi) |
Population (2021) [2] | 257 |
• Density | 12/km2 (31/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 46144 /46200 |
Elevation | 80–349 m (262–1,145 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Lacave (French pronunciation: [lakav] ; Occitan : La Cava) is a commune of France, situated in the North-West of the Lot department, within the Occitanie region.
Situated in the foothills of the "Causse de Gramat" at the confluence of the Dordogne and the Ouysse, 12 km from Souillac and 8 km from Rocamadour.
Inhabited since the time of the Solutrean and Magdalenian cultures of the Paleolithic era.
Period | Name |
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1989–2020 | André Lestrade |
2020–incumbent | Stéphane Chambon |
At the start of the 20th century, Lacave had 519 inhabitants "with just 27 concentrated in the main town". [3]
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Source: EHESS [4] and INSEE (1968–2020) [5] |
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