Caillac

Caillac
The church in Caillac
Caillac
Location within Occitanie region Caillac
Coordinates: 44°17′24″N 1°12′47″E / 44.29°N 01.2131°E / 44.29; 01.2131Coordinates: 44°17′24″N 1°12′47″E / 44.29°N 01.2131°E / 44.29; 01.2131
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
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)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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^[1]
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.^[2]
Since 2006, an artificial lake has been built in the town centre to develop fishing as a leisure activity.

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.^[3]
André Bergeron (1922-2014), secretary of Force Ouvrière.

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