Title: Cahors Content: Cahors  is a commune in southwestern France. It is in Occitanie. Cahors is the prefecture (capital) of the Lot department. It is also the capital of 3 cantons: Cahors-1, Cahors-2 and Cahors-3. Cahors was the capital of the old province of Quercy and the people of this city are known, in French, as cadurciens (women: cadurciennes). This name comes from the old name of the city, Carduca. ==History== Cahors is an ancient town. The people that inhabited the area at the time of the Roman conquest were called Carduci and so the Romans named the town as Divona or Divona Cadurcorum, "Divona of the Cadurci"; Divona was a source of water, now called "fontaine des Chartreux". The word Cahors comes from Cadurcorum. ==Geography== Cahors is located in the southwest of France, in the old province of Quercy, in the valley of the Lot river, and is found in a peninsula  formed by an U-shaped meander of that river which gives its name to the department. It has an area of and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .  The commune is at north of Toulouse and is surrounded by the communes Mercuès, Calamane, Pradines, Arcambal, Lamagdelaine, Laroque-des-Arcs, Trespoux- Rassiels, Labastide-Marnhac, Le Montat and Flaujac-Poujols. === Climate === The climate of Cahors, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers. ==Population== With a population of 19,630, Cahors has a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Cahors 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:22000 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: 19128 bar:1975 from:0 till: 20226 bar:1982 from:0 till: 19707 bar:1990 from:0 till: 19735 bar:1999 from:0 till: 20003 bar:2006 from:0 till: 20062 bar:2011 from:0 till: 20224 bar:2014 from:0 till: 19630 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 19128 fontsize:S text: 19,128 shift:(-12,5) bar:1975 at: 20226 fontsize:S text: 20,226 shift:(-15,5) bar:1982 at: 19707 fontsize:S text: 19,707 shift:(-15,5) bar:1990 at: 19735 fontsize:S text: 19,735 shift:(-15,5) bar:1999 at: 20003 fontsize:S text: 20,003 shift:(-15,5) bar:2006 at: 20062 fontsize:S text: 20,062 shift:(-15,5) bar:2011 at: 20224 fontsize:S text: 20,224 shift:(-15,5) bar:2014 at: 19630 fontsize:S text: 19,630 shift:(-15,5) Cahors forms, together with the commune Pradines, the urban area of Cahors, with a population of 23,090 inhabitants (2013) and an area of . This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Cahors, formed by 44 communes with a population of 44,255 inhabitants (2013) and an area of . == Administration == Cahors is the prefecture of the Lot department, the capital of the arrondissement of Cahors and the administrative centre  of the Cahors-1, Cahors-2 and Cahors-3 cantons. It is part of the intercommunality Le Grand Cahors . ==Places of interest== thumb|right|175px|Cahors Cathedral Some places of interest are: * Pont Valentré (Valentré Bridge, ), a symbol of the town across the Lot river. It was built between 1308 and 1378. * Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Cahors (Cahors Cathedral), a national monument in France. * Arc de Diane (Diane's Arch), remains of Roman baths. * Saint- Barthélémy Church (14th century). * Maison Henri IV or Hôtel de Roaldès (15th century). ==Gallery== File:Cahors Hôtel de ville.JPG|Hôtel de ville (City hall) File:Cahors GUG 04.jpg|Cahors cathedral File:Cahors Arc de Diane.jpg|Arc de Diane File:Cahors Vue générale 9.JPG|Cahors from Mont Saint-Cyr