Floirac, Lot

Commune in Occitania, France

Location of Floirac

(2020–2026) Alexandre Barrouilhet^[1]Area

19.02 km² (7.34 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

240 • Density13/km² (33/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

46106 /46600

Elevation90–345 m (295–1,132 ft)
(avg. 132 m or 433 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Floirac (French pronunciation: [flwaʁak]) is a commune in the Lot department (46) in south-western France.^[3]

Geography

The commune is located in Quercy on the Causse of Floirac. It is watered by the Dordogne, and bordered to the north-west by its tributary, the Tourmente. Floirac has a surface of 19.02 km² and has 265 inhabitants (as of 2016), which makes a population density of 14 inhabitants per km². The coordinates are 44° 55' N and 1° 39' E. The altitude varies between 90 and 345 metres above sea level, with 140 metres at the town hall.^[4] The D43 road and a single track railway crosses it.

Neighbouring municipalities

Toponymy

The toponym Floirac is based on the Gallo-Roman anthroponymy Florus. The endpoint -ac is derived from the Gallic -acon suffix (itself of the common Celtic *-Āko-), often latinized in-acum in the texts. This Floracum toponym is found in Floracum fundum which meant: the domain of Florus.

Politics

List of successive mayors
Term	Name
2001–2014	Frédéric Bonnet-Madin
2014–2020	Raphaël Daubet
2020–incumbent	Alexandre Barrouilhet

Places and monuments

Entrance of the Chapelle Saint-Roch.
Church of Saint-Georges.
Tour de Floirac.

Chapelle Saint-Roch de Floirac (15th century) Listed as a historic monuments on 10 December 1925
Church Saint-Georges de Floirac (15th century) Listed as a historic monuments on 30 May 1978
Tour de Floirac, dating from the Middle Ages, registered in the title of historical monuments on 8 August 2013

Notable people

Jean Dellac (1876-1937) French politician
Raphael Daubet (1977-) French politician
Max Pugh Film director and artist (1977-)
Jean-Louis Ezine French writer and broadcaster

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ "Résultat sur la commune : ' FLOIRAC ', Institut géographique national". Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2008.