Lacave, Lot

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Lacave
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The chateau in Lacave
Location of Lacave
Lacave, Lot
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Lacave
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Lacave
Coordinates: 44°50′43″N1°33′32″E / 44.8453°N 1.5589°E / 44.8453; 1.5589
Country France
Region Occitania
Department Lot
Arrondissement Gourdon
Canton Souillac
Intercommunality Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Stéphane Chambon [1]
Area
1
21.19 km2 (8.18 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
257
  Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
46144 /46200
Elevation80–349 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.

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Geography

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.

History

Inhabited since the time of the Solutrean and Magdalenian cultures of the Paleolithic era.

Administration

List of mayors
PeriodName
1989–2020André Lestrade
2020–incumbentStéphane Chambon

Population

At the start of the 20th century, Lacave had 519 inhabitants "with just 27 concentrated in the main town". [3]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 557    
1821 647+0.54%
1846 647+0.00%
1872 565−0.52%
1901 553−0.07%
1926 385−1.44%
1946 324−0.86%
1962 320−0.08%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 302−0.96%
1975 270−1.59%
1982 249−1.15%
1990 241−0.41%
1999 293+2.19%
2009 284−0.31%
2014 280−0.28%
2020 249−1.94%
Source: EHESS [4] and INSEE (1968–2020) [5]

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References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. Le Lot chapter Souillac et Lacave p.223 - Armand Viré - Réédition de l'ouvrage de 1907 - ISBN   2-7455-0049-X
  4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Lacave, EHESS (in French).
  5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE