Puy-l'Évêque
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'''Puy-l'Évêque' (; Languedocien: Puèg l’Avesque'') is a commune of France situated in the Lot department, in the Occitanie region. The town is picturesquely situated at the neck of a long loop of the Lot river in Quercy on the D811 between Fumel and Cahors, it is at the center of the Cahors (AOC) wine region.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Puy-l'Évêque is referenced by 318 other articles, and connects out to France, time zone and French Revolution.
It is catalogued under the topic Communes of Lot (department).
Its subject is documented across 31 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Puy-l'Évêque
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,159
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Puy-l'Évêque
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Puy-l-évêque.jpg
- French commune.caption
- View of Puy l'Évêque
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason de la ville de Puy-l'Évêque (Lot).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Cahors
- French commune.canton
- Puy-l'Évêque
- French commune.INSEE
- 46231
- French commune.postal code
- 46700
- French commune.intercommunality
- Vallée du Lot et Vignoble
- French commune.mayor
- Serge Guérin
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.elevation m
- 86
- French commune.elevation min m
- 80
- French commune.elevation max m
- 284
- French commune.area km2
- 26.38
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Puy-sur-Lot
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Cahors
- Population
- 1860
- Area
- 26.38
- Elevation
- 170
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Lot
- Shares border with
- Duravel
- Official website
- www.puy-leveque.fr
- Image
- Vue d' ensemble.jpg
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- Commons category
- Puy-l'Évêque
- postal code
- 46700
- native label
- Puy-l'Évêque
- associated electoral district
- canton of Puy-l'Évêque
- male population
- 917
- female population
- 1056
- P8168
- Ruslana Lyzhychko
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-65-30-81-45
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Nomenclature
- Sights and monuments
- Economy
- Mayors
- Population
- See also
- References
- External links
'''Puy-l'Évêque' (; Languedocien: Puèg l’Avesque'') is a commune of France situated in the Lot department, in the Occitanie region. The town is picturesquely situated at the neck of a long loop of the Lot river in Quercy on the D811 between Fumel and Cahors, it is at the center of the Cahors (AOC) wine region.
==History== The origins of the town are obscure. Though vestiges of a Roman road have been discovered running through it, there is no mention of the town until the Middle Ages. It was a Cathar stronghold before the Albigensian Crusade; in 1228 the warrior Bishop of Cahors, Guillaume de Cardaillac, took possession of it and gave it the present name of Puy-l’Evêque, "Bishop's Hill". From then on, it remained under the control of the Count-Bishops of Cahors. Puy-l'Évêque suffered considerably in the Hundred Years' War when it was occupied for a time by the English. In 1580, during the Wars of Religion, it was besieged unsuccessfully by the Protestants under the future King Henri IV; the marks of his cannonballs can still be seen in the main church of Saint-Sauveur.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Puy-l'Évêque” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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