Touzac, Lot

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Touzac
Coordinates: 44°29′54″N1°03′22″E / 44.4983°N 1.0561°E / 44.4983; 1.0561
Country France
Region Occitania
Department Lot
Arrondissement Cahors
Canton Puy-l'Évêque
Government
  Mayor (20232026) Alain Bonis
Area
1
4.9 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020) [1]
370
  Density76/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.

Touzac (French pronunciation: [tuzak] ; Occitan : Tosac) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.

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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, has become 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]

Population

In 1841, the new commune Vire-sur-Lot was formed from part of its territory. [4]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 461    
1800 830+8.76%
1806 829−0.02%
1821 1,025+1.42%
1831 1,028+0.03%
1836 972−1.11%
1841 457−14.01%
1846 446−0.49%
1851 459+0.58%
1856 445−0.62%
1861 435−0.45%
1866 423−0.56%
1872 417−0.24%
1876 428+0.65%
1881 414−0.66%
1886 414+0.00%
1891 404−0.49%
1896 383−1.06%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 353−1.62%
1906 334−1.10%
1911 338+0.24%
1921 279−1.90%
1926 274−0.36%
1931 293+1.35%
1936 274−1.33%
1946 290+0.57%
1954 270−0.89%
1962 376+4.23%
1968 406+1.29%
1975 382−0.87%
1982 417+1.26%
1990 412−0.15%
1999 341−2.08%
2007 348+0.25%
2012 363+0.85%
2017 373+0.54%
Source: EHESS [4] and INSEE (1968-2017) [5]

Notable people

Funeral of Marguerite Moreno (Juillet 1948), obseques de Marguerite Moreno (a Touzac (Lot)) (1948) - 53Fi4910.jpg
Funeral of Marguerite Moreno

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References

  1. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  2. Teneze, François (2008). Midi-Pyrénées. Petit Futé. p. 456. ISBN   9782746921146.
  3. Sauteron, François (2012). Le Quercy martyrisé: Occupation, Libération, retour des absents. Editions L'Harmattan. p. 109. ISBN   9782296497115.
  4. 1 2 Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Touzac, EHESS (in French).
  5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE