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Lot

French department
Organization department_of_france Q12576
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Summary

Lot is a department of France[1]. Lot draws 3,370 Wikipedia views per month (department of france category, ranking #41 of 147).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Occitania[3]
  • Country: France[4]
  • Head of government: Gérard Miquel[5]
  • Capital: Cahors[6]
  • Shares border with: Aveyron[7], Cantal[8], Corrèze[9], Dordogne[10], Tarn-et-Garonne[11], Lot-et-Garonne[12]
  • Named after: Lot[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Cahors[14], arrondissement of Figeac[15], arrondissement of Gourdon[16]
  • Commons category: Lot (department)[17]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[18], UTC+02:00[19]
  • Inception: March 4, 1790[20]
  • Highest point: Q26842999[21]
  • Official website: http://www.lot.gouv.fr/[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lot (department)[23]
  • Commons gallery: Lot (department)[24]
  • Population: 174,346[25], 173,400[26], 173,828[27], 173,929[28], 174,094[29], 174,670[30], 174,942[31], 175,620[32], 176,473[33]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Lot[34]
  • Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[35]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[38], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[39], New International Encyclopedia[40]
  • Official name: Lot[41]
  • List of monuments: Liste des monuments historiques du Lot[42]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Lot[43]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Lot[44]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Lot (department)[45]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Lot (department)[46]
  • Area: 5217 km²[47]

Why It Matters

Lot has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Lot is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Related Entities

Cahors Dordogne Figeac France Gourdon Lot Marie-Constance Mallard Rocamadour

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Populations de référence 2022. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Populations de référence 2023. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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