Editing Cajarc

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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Cajarc
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image                  = Cajarc1.jpg
|caption                = Lot River at Cajarc
|image coat of arms     = Blason ville fr Cajarc (Lot).svg
|arrondissement         = Figeac
|canton                 = Causse et Vallées
|INSEE                  = 46045
|postal code            = 46160
|mayor                  = Jacques Viratelle<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=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = Grand-Figeac
|coordinates            = {{coord|44.4864|1.8436|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 160
|elevation min m        = 140
|elevation max m        = 394
|area km2               = 25.1
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Cajarc''' ({{IPA|fr|kaʒaʁ}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Lot (department)|Lot]] [[Departments of France|department]], [[Occitania (administrative region)|Occitania]], [[France]].

It is a stopping place on the [[Via Podiensis|Via podiensis]], the medieval pilgrimage route from [[Le Puy-en-Velay]] to [[Santiago de Compostela]], but also attracts tourists on account of its medieval town centre, its ''plan d'eau'', a 4&nbsp;km-long dammed section of the river [[Lot (river)|Lot]], and its beautiful setting in the Lot valley and the surrounding limestone plains (''le causse''). Its major cultural event is ''Africajarc'', a four-day festival of contemporary African music and culture which runs in the last week of July each year; in 2008 it celebrated its tenth anniversary.

[[File:Cajarc3.jpg|thumb|left|View from Cajarc]]

==Notable people==
Cajarc was the birthplace of playwright, novelist and screenwriter [[Françoise Sagan]] (1935–2004) born Françoise Quoirez.

President of France [[Georges Pompidou]] was an MP for the area in the National Assembly.

==See also==
*[[Communes of the Lot department]]

[[File:Cajarc memorial.jpg|thumb|left|Monument to the dead]]

==References==
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{{Commons category|Cajarc}}
{{Lot communes}}

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[[Category:Communes of Lot (department)]]
[[Category:Quercy]]


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