Cajarc
Cajarc | |
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Lot River at Cajarc | |
Location of Cajarc | |
| Coordinates: 44°29′11″N 1°50′37″E / 44.4864°N 1.8436°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Lot |
| Arrondissement | Figeac |
| Canton | Causse et Vallées |
| Intercommunality | Grand-Figeac |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jacques Viratelle |
Area 1 | 25.1 km2 (9.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 1,134 |
| • Density | 45/km2 (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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Cajarc (French pronunciation: [kaʒaʁ]) is a commune in the Lot department, Occitania, France.
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 river Lot, 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.