Floirac is a commune

Communes of France

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 in the Lot department (46) in south-western France

France

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Geography

Floirac has a surface of 19,02 km² and has 268 inhabitants (as of 2006), which makes a population density of 14 inhabitants per km². The coordinates are 44° 55' N and 1° 39' E. The altitude varies between 90 und 345 meters above sea level

Sea level

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 with an average of 132 meters. The River Dordogne

Dordogne River

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 is flowing through the town. The Département street D 43 and a single track railway crosses it.

Neighbour towns

• St-Denis-lès-Martel
• Mézels
• Carenac
• Lavalade
• Montvalent
• Copeyre
• Gluges
• Trauchou

Objects of interest

• Chapel Saint-Roch au Barry (15th century)
• Church Saint-Georges from the seventeenth century

External links

• Floirac on the website of INSEE
  INSEE
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• Floirac on the website of QUID
• Floirac at pagesperso-orange.fr