Cajarc

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

Cajarc
Commune
Lot River at Cajarc
Coat of arms
Location of Cajarc
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Coordinates: 44°29′11″N 1°50′37″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Lot
Arrondissement	Figeac
Canton	Causse et Vallées
Intercommunality	Grand-Figeac
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacques Viratelle
Area ^1	25.1 km^2 (9.7 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,125
• Density	45/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	46045 /46160
Elevation	140–394 m (459–1,293 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (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

• Communes of the Lot department

Monument to the dead

References

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