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Glanes

Glanes
Coat of arms of Glanes
Map
Location of Glanes
Glanes is located in France
Glanes
Glanes
Glanes is located in Occitanie
Glanes
Glanes
Coordinates: 44°55′20″N 1°52′48″E / 44.9222°N 1.88°E / 44.9222; 1.88
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentLot
ArrondissementFigeac
CantonCère et Ségala
IntercommunalityCausses et Vallée de la Dordogne
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Jacques Ferrand[1]
Area
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2.72 km2 (1.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
292
  Density107/km2 (278/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
46124 /46130
Elevation148–353 m (486–1,158 ft)
(avg. 261 m or 856 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Glanes (French pronunciation: [ɡlan]; Occitan: Glanas) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.

Toponymy

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Attested in the form Glana villa in 893 in the cartulary of Abbey of Beaulieu, Glanes is probably a former property of the Gaul Glennus.[3]

Local culture and heritage

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Places and monuments

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  • Market hall;
  • Église Saint-Laurent - The parish was part of the diocese of Cahors.[4] Current church dates from 1830 and 1867 when it enlarged and remodelled.[4] The romanesque apse could be medieval dating from the 1200s.[4] The building is referenced in the Mérimée database and in the General Inventory of the Occitanie Region;[4]
  • Vineyard huts or Caselles;

Personalities

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  • Guillaume Andrieu, born in the commune in 1886, missionary in Japan.

See also

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References

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  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. Cassagne, Jean-Marie (15 April 2013). Villes et Villages en pays lotois (in French) (Tertium éditions ed.). p. 126. ISBN 9782368481066.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "église paroissiale Saint-Laurent". pop.culture.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2026.