Lacave, Lot

Lacave is a commune of France, situated in the North-West of the Lot department, within the Occitanie region.

Lacave
Commune
The chateau in Lacave
Location of Lacave
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Coordinates: 44°50′43″N 1°33′32″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Lot
Arrondissement	Gourdon
Canton	Souillac
Intercommunality	Community of the Communes of the Pays de Souillac
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	André Lestrade
Area ^1	21.19 km^2 (8.18 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	262
• Density	12/km^2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	46144 /46200
Elevation	80–349 m (262–1,145 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Period	Name	Party
March 2001 - 2014	André Lestrade	General Council

Population

At the start of the 20th century, Lacave had 519 inhabitants "with just 27 concentrated in the main town".[2]

Historical population of Lacave, Lot
(Source: Armand Viré[3] avant 1962, puis INSEE[4])

Year	1828	1880	1910	1936	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	661	750	496	395	293	302	270	249	241	293
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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

See also

• Communes of the Lot department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Le Lot chapter Souillac et Lacave p.223 - Armand Viré - Réédition de l'ouvrage de 1907 - ISBN 2-7455-0049-X
3. Lacave à travers les âges - Armand Viré - ISBN 2-9508492-0-2
4. Lacave on the INSEE website