Editing Cahors (section)

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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Cahors
|native name            = {{native name|oc|Caors}}
|commune status         = [[Prefectures of France|Prefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]]
|image flag             = Flag of Cahors.svg
|image coat of arms     = Blason Ville Cahors fr (Lot).svg
|image                  = Cahors pont Valentre vgen.jpg
|caption                = [[Valentré bridge]]
|arrondissement         = Cahors
|canton                 = [[Canton of Cahors-1|Cahors-1]], [[Canton of Cahors-2|2]] and [[Canton of Cahors-3|3]]
|INSEE                  = 46042
|postal code            = 46000
|mayor                  = Maxime Lormand <ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=30 November 2023|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2023&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = [[Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cahors|CA Grand Cahors]]
|coordinates            = {{coord|44.4483|1.4414|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 130
|elevation min m        =
|elevation max m        =
|area km2               = 64.72
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Cahors''' ({{IPA|fr|kaɔʁ|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Cahors.wav}}; {{langx|oc|Caors}} {{IPA|oc|kaˈuɾs, ˈkɔw(s)|}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the western part of [[Southern France]]. It is the smallest prefecture among the 13 departments that constitute the [[Occitania (administrative region)|Occitanie Region]].<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/46042-cahors Commune de Cahors (46042)], [[INSEE]]</ref> The capital and main city of the [[Lot (department)|Lot department]] and the historical center of the [[Quercy]], Cahors is home to 20,141 ''cadurciennes'' and ''cadurciens'' (2021).

Nestled in a [[Meander cutoff|meander]] of the [[Lot (river)|Lot]] and surrounded by steep arid limestone hills, this historic city is home to a great monumental diversity, mainly inherited from [[Ancient Rome|Roman times]] and the [[Middle Ages]]; the city's [[monument]]s include a historic city centre, [[Cahors Cathedral|Saint-Étienne cathedral]], Roman walls and the famous [[Pont Valentré|Valentré bridge]] (a UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]] as part of the pilgrimage path to [[Santiago de Compostela]]). Famed for its [[Cahors wine|wine]] and gastronomy ([[truffle]]s and [[foie gras]]), this southern French city holds the label of the [[:fr:Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire|French Towns of Art and History]]. The Cadurcian economy is reliant on [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary services]] and makes Cahors the Lot's economic centre.