Caillac

Caillac
The church in Caillac The church in Caillac
Caillac
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region Caillac
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Lot
Arrondissement	Cahors
Canton	Luzech
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	José Tillou
Area1	7.44 km2 (2.87 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	592
• Density	80/km2 (210/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	46044 / 46140
Elevation	100–271 m (328–889 ft) (avg. 161 m or 528 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Caillac is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.

Sites and monuments

• The Romanesque church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Caillac was classified as a monument historique in 1979
• Château Lagrézette, built during the Renaissance, stands in a vineyard and is the property of a famous French industrialist. It was classified as a monument historique in 1982.
• Since 2006, an artificial lake has been built in the town centre to develop fishing as a leisure activity.

• Chateau-lagrezette.jpeg

  View of the Château Lagrezette.

• Église de Caillac.jpg

  Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church.

Personalities linked to the commune

• General Joachim Ambert (1804-1890), born in Château Lagrézette on 8 February 1804.
• Alain-Dominique Perrin, businessman, owner of Château Lagrézette since 1980.
• Tony Blair, while prime minister of the UK, stayed in Château Lagrézette in 2002.
• André Bergeron (1922-2014), secretary of Force Ouvrière.

See also

• Communes of the Lot department