Title: Figeac Content: Figeac  is a commune in southern France in the region of Occitanie. It is the sous-prefecture (capital) of the arrondissement of the same name in the Lot department. ==History== In the late ninth century, the King Pepin I of Aquitaine founded a monastery in Figeac; the town developed around the monastery as an important city on the pilgrimage routes. In the 14th century, the walls of Figeac were built. Figeac is on the via Podiensis, a major medieval pilgrimage trail which is part of the Way of St. James. ==Geography== Figeac is on the southwestern edge of the central plateau (Massif Central), north of the valley of the Lot river, on the right bank of the Célé river, a left tributary of the Lot. The commune has an area of and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .  Figeac is surrounded by the communesCamburat, Planioles, Viazac, Lunan, Capdenac, Faycelles, Béduer, Camboulit, Lissac-et-Mouret. ===Climate=== The climate of Figeac, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers. ==Population== The inhabitants of Figeac are known, in French, as Figeacois (women: Figeacoises). With a population of 9,820, Figeac has a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Figeac Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:11000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:2000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:1000 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1968 text:1968 bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2006 text:2006 bar:2011 text:2011 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1968 from:0 till: 9593 bar:1975 from:0 till: 10077 bar:1982 from:0 till: 9667 bar:1990 from:0 till: 9549 bar:1999 from:0 till: 9606 bar:2006 from:0 till: 9943 bar:2011 from:0 till: 9773 bar:2014 from:0 till: 9820 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 9593 fontsize:S text: 9,593 shift:(-12,5) bar:1975 at: 10077 fontsize:S text: 10,077 shift:(-15,5) bar:1982 at: 9667 fontsize:S text: 9,667 shift:(-15,5) bar:1990 at: 9549 fontsize:S text: 9,549 shift:(-15,5) bar:1999 at: 9606 fontsize:S text: 9,606 shift:(-15,5) bar:2006 at: 9943 fontsize:S text: 9,943 shift:(-15,5) bar:2011 at: 9773 fontsize:S text: 9,773 shift:(-15,5) bar:2014 at: 9820 fontsize:S text: 9,820 shift:(-15,5) Figeac forms with other 4 communes the urban area of Figeac, with a population of 16,468 inhabitants (2013) and an area of ; one of the communes is Capdenac-Gare that belongs to the Aveyron department. This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Figeac, formed by 33 communes with a population of 25,593 inhabitants and an area of . == Administration == Figeac is a subprefecture of the Lot department, the capital of the arrondissement of Figeac and the administrative centre  of the Figeac-1 and Figeac-2 cantons. It is part of the intercommunality Le Grand Figeac . ==People from or related to Figeac== * Jean-François Champollion, the first translator of Egyptian hieroglyphs, was born in Figeac, where there is a Champollion Museum. On the "Place des écritures" ("Square of the Writings"), there is a giant copy of the Rosetta Stone, by Joseph Kosuth. * The actor Charles Boyer was also born in Figeac. ==Sister cities== Figeac is twinned with: * Roubaix, France * Carrara, Italy * Huesca, Spain ==Gallery== File:Place des ecritures Figeac.jpg|Place des écritures, Figeac File:Figeac Nt Dame Puy.jpg|Notre-Dame-du-Puy church File:Vue sur Figeac depuis le Cingle-Haut.jpg|View of Figeac from Cingle-Haut File:Église Saint-Thomas, Figeac.JPG|Saint-Thomas' Church ==Related pages== * Arrondissement of Figeac * Communes of the Lot department