Cajarc

French commune
nomcommune=Cajarc
at Cajarc
région=Midi-Pyrénées
département=Lot
arrondissement=Figeac
canton=Cajarc
insee=46045
cp=46160
maire=Jacques Borzo
mandat=2008-2013
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Pays de Figeac-Cajarc
longitude=1.84361111111
latitude=44.4863888889
alt moy=160 m
alt mini=140 m
alt maxi=394 m
hectares=2,510
km²=25.1
sans=1,114
date-sans=1999
dens=44
date-dens=1999

Cajarc is a village and commune in the French "département" of Lot; the surrounding canton also shares the name. It is a large village, with 1,096 inhabitants (2005 census estimate) and a long, rich history. It is a stopping place on the "via podensis", the medieval pilgrimage route from Le Puy to Santiago di Compostella, but also attracts tourists on account of its medieval town centre, its "plan d'eau", a 4km-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.

Cajarc was the birthplace of playwright, novelist and screenwriter Françoise Sagan (1935 – 2004) born Françoise Quoirez.