- Floirac, Lot
Floirac is a town and commune in the Lot "département", in southern
France .Geography
Location
Floirac has a suface of 19,02 km² and has 277 inhabitants (as of 1999), 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 und 345 meters above
sea level with an average of 132 meters. [ [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floirac_%28Lot%29 French Wikipedia] ] [ [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floirac_%28Lot%29 German Wikipedia] ] [ [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=43362 Institut géographique national (french)] ] . The River Dordogne is flowing through the town. The Département street D 43 and a single track railway crosses it.Neighbour towns
* St-Denis-près-Martel
* Mézels
* Carenac
* Lavalade
* Montvalent
* Copeyre
* Gluges
* TrauchouHistory
Politics
The mayor of Floirac since March 2001 is Monsieur Frédéric Bonnet-Madin.
Objects of interest
* Chapel Saint-Roch au Barry (15th century)
* Church from the 17th centuryLiterature
External links
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=46106&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Floirac on the website of
INSEE (french)]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=25081&req=Floirac Floirac on the website of QUID (french)]
* [http://pagesperso-orange.fr/floirac/ A website about Floirac (Lot) (french)]
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