Lacave, Lot

Coordinates: 44°50′43″N 1°33′32″E / 44.8453°N 1.5589°E / 44.8453; 1.5589
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Lacave
The chateau in Lacave
The chateau in Lacave
Location of Lacave
Map
Lacave is located in France
Lacave
Lacave
Lacave is located in Occitanie
Lacave
Lacave
Coordinates: 44°50′43″N 1°33′32″E / 44.8453°N 1.5589°E / 44.8453; 1.5589
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentLot
ArrondissementGourdon
CantonSouillac
IntercommunalityCausses 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
 • Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+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.

Geography[edit]

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[edit]

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

Administration[edit]

List of mayors
Period Name
1989–2020 André Lestrade
2020–incumbent Stéphane Chambon

Population[edit]

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]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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". 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