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Souillac is a commune in France, situated in the Lot department within the Occitanie region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Souillac and is located near the Dordogne river. The municipality has an official name of Souillac, Trente-un-Mai, and shares borders with Lachapelle-Auzac, Borrèze, Salignac-Eyvigues, and Gignac. Its postal code is 46200.
The area of Souillac is 25.92 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 314 meters. The population is recorded as 3,970, comprising 1,583 males and 1,701 females. Another source lists the population as 3,947. The town is part of the arrondissement of Gourdon.
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Place details
- Locality
- Souillac
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 3,947
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Occitania
- Department
- Lot
- Arrondissement
- Gourdon
- Canton
- Souillac
- Intercommunality
- Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Gilles Liébus
- Area
- 25.92 km (10.01 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 3,192
- Density
- 123.1/km (319.0/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 46309 /46200
- Elevation
- 80–314 m (262–1,030 ft) , (avg. 221 m or 725 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Découvrez Souillac – Vous serez toujours les bienvenus !
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Trente-un-Mai
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Gourdon
- Population
- 3192
- Area
- 25.92
- Elevation
- 185
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Peyrillac-et-Millac
- Official website
- www.souillac.fr
- Image
- Souillac vueGenerale.jpg
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- Commons category
- Souillac
- postal code
- 46200
- topic's main category
- Category:Souillac
- Commons gallery
- Souillac
- associated electoral district
- canton of Souillac
- male population
- 1583
- female population
- 1701
- P8168
- Paracyprichromis
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-65-32-71-00
- fax number
- +33-5-65-32-61-15
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Encyclopedic overview
Souillac ( French pronunciation: [sujak]; Languedocien: Solhac) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France, on the river Dordogne. It is the site of the Brive–Souillac Airport, which opened in 2010. The town hosts an annual jazz festival in July. The abbey church has famous Romanesque carvings.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Souillac” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.