Puy-l'Évêque

Puy-l'Évêque
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Puy-l'Évêque
Puy-l'Évêque
Coordinates: 44°30′20″N 1°08′20″E / 44.5056°N 1.1389°E / 44.5056; 1.1389
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentLot
ArrondissementCahors
CantonPuy-l'Évêque
IntercommunalityVallée du Lot et Vignoble
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Serge Guérin
Area
1
26.38 km2 (10.19 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
1,870
  Density71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
46231 /46700
Elevation80–284 m (262–932 ft)
(avg. 86 m or 282 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Puy-l'Évêque (French pronunciation: [pɥi levɛk]; Languedocien: Puèg l’Avesque) is a commune of France situated in the Lot department, in the Occitanie region. The town is picturesquely situated at the neck of a long loop of the Lot river in Quercy on the D811 between Fumel and Cahors, it is at the center of the Cahors (AOC) wine region.