Lacave, Lot

Lacave (French pronunciation: [lakav]; Occitan: La Cava) is a commune of France, situated in the North-West of the Lot department, within the Occitanie region.

Lacave
Commune
The chateau in Lacave
Location of Lacave
Lacave Show map of France Lacave Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 44°50′43″N 1°33′32″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Lot
Arrondissement	Gourdon
Canton	Souillac
Intercommunality	Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphane Chambon[1]
Area 1	21.19 km2 (8.18 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	264
• Density	12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	46144 /46200
Elevation	80–349 m (262–1,145 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Situated in the foothills of the "Causse de Gramat" at the confluence of the Dordogne and the Ouysse, 12 km from Souillac and 8 km from Rocamadour.

History

Inhabited since the time of the Solutrean and Magdalenian cultures of the Paleolithic era.

Administration

List of mayors

Period	Name
1989–2020	André Lestrade
2020–incumbent	Stéphane Chambon

Population

At the start of the 20th century, Lacave had 519 inhabitants "with just 27 concentrated in the main town".^[3]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 557 —     1821 647 +0.54% 1846 647 +0.00% 1872 565 −0.52% 1901 553 −0.07% 1926 385 −1.44% 1946 324 −0.86% 1962 320 −0.08%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 302 −0.96% 1975 270 −1.59% 1982 249 −1.15% 1990 241 −0.41% 1999 293 +2.19% 2009 284 −0.31% 2014 280 −0.28% 2020 249 −1.94%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2020)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Lot department