The Séoune ( French pronunciation: [seun] ; French : la Séoune ) is a 65-kilometre (40 mi) long river in the Lot , Tarn-et-Garonne and Lot-et-Garonne départements , southwestern France . Its source is at Sauzet . It flows generally southwest. It is a right tributary of the Garonne into which it flows between Lafox and Boé , near Agen .
7-594: This list is ordered from source to mouth: This Lot geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Tarn-et-Garonne geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Lot-et-Garonne geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in France is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lot (department) Lot ( French pronunciation: [lɔt] ; Occitan : Òlt [ɔl])
14-517: Is Olt . Cahors is the prefecture of the department, lying in its southwestern part: a medieval cathedral town known internationally for its production of Cahors wine , it lies in a wide loop of the Lot River and is famous for its 14th-century bridge, the Pont Valentré . Figeac is a medieval town where Jean-François Champollion , the first translator of Egyptian hieroglyphics, was born, situated in
21-587: Is a department in the Occitanie region of France . Named after the Lot River , it lies in the southwestern part of the country and had a population of 174,094 in 2019. Its prefecture is Cahors ; its subprefectures are Figeac and Gourdon . Lot is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from part of the province of Quercy . In 1808 some of
28-639: The 2015 departmental elections , 30 are controlled by the Socialist Party (PS) and its allies; four are controlled by the miscellaneous right . Since 2014, the President of the Departmental Council has been Serge Rigal, currently a member of La République En Marche! (REM). Lot elected the following members of the National Assembly during the 2017 legislative election : Lot is represented in
35-541: The Senate by Angèle Préville (since 2017) and Jean-Claude Requier (since 2011). Jean-Claude Requier Jean-Claude Requier (born 4 October 1947) is a French politician. He was elected to the French Senate during the 2011 elections . He was reelected for a second term in 2017 . He did not run for a third term in the 2023 elections . He served as mayor of Martel, Lot from 1986 to 2014. This article about
42-651: The eastern part of Lot. Gourdon , a medieval hilltop town located in Lot's northwestern part, with a well preserved centre, comprises many prehistoric painted caves nearby, notably the Grottes de Cougnac. The most populous commune is Cahors , the prefecture. As of 2019, there are seven communes with more than 3,000 inhabitants: The inhabitants of Lot are called Lotois and Lotoises in French. Population development since 1801: The Departmental Council of Lot has 34 seats. Since
49-416: The original southeastern cantons were separated from it to form the department of Tarn-et-Garonne . It originally extended much farther to the south and included the city of Montauban . Lot is part of the region of Occitanie and is surrounded by the departments of Corrèze , Cantal , Aveyron , Tarn-et-Garonne , Lot-et-Garonne and Dordogne . It is named after the river Lot , which in its Occitan name
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