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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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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