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Lacave (French pronunciation: ​[lakav]; Occitan: La Cava) 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
Lacave Show map of France Lacave Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 44°50′43″N 1°33′32″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Lot
Arrondissement	Gourdon
Canton	Souillac
Intercommunality	Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphane Chambon
Area 1	21.19 km2 (8.18 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	255
• Density	12/km2 (31/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 km2 (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

List of mayors

Period	Name[2]
1989–2020	André Lestrade
2020–incumbent	Stéphane Chambon

Population

At the start of the 20th century, Lacave had 519 inhabitants "with just 27 concentrated in the main town".[3]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1828 661 —     1880 750 +0.24% 1910 496 −1.37% 1936 395 −0.87% 1962 293 −1.14% 1968 302 +0.51% 1975 270 −1.59%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1982 249 −1.15% 1990 241 −0.41% 1999 293 +2.19% 2007 289 −0.17% 2012 282 −0.49% 2017 262 −1.46%
Source: Armand Viré[4] and INSEE[5]

See also

• Communes of the Lot department

References

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[de] Lacave (Lot)

Lacave ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 255 Einwohnern (Stand: 1. Januar 2019) im Département Lot in der Region Okzitanien. Sie gehört zum Arrondissement Gourdon und zum Kanton Souillac.

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