Reilhac, Lot

Coordinates: 44°42′04″N 1°43′12″E / 44.7011°N 1.72°E / 44.7011; 1.72
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Reilhac
The church of Saint-Hilaire
The church of Saint-Hilaire
Location of Reilhac
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Reilhac is located in France
Reilhac
Reilhac
Reilhac is located in Occitanie
Reilhac
Reilhac
Coordinates: 44°42′04″N 1°43′12″E / 44.7011°N 1.72°E / 44.7011; 1.72
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentLot
ArrondissementFigeac
CantonGramat
IntercommunalityGrand-Figeac
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Christian Carbonnel[1]
Area
1
12.98 km2 (5.01 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
171
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
DemonymReilhacois
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
46235 /46500
Elevation312–396 m (1,024–1,299 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Reilhac (French pronunciation: [ʁɛjak]; Occitan: Relhac) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. It is also in the Gramat Causse, the largest and wildest of the four Quercy causses.

Exposed to an altered oceanic climate, no permanent watercourse is listed in the commune. Included in the Dordogne basin, the commune has a remarkable natural heritage: a Natura 2000 site (the “central zone of the Causse de Gramat”) and a natural area of ecological, fauna, and flora interest.

Reilhac is a rural commune that will have 171 inhabitants in 2021 after experiencing a population peak of 449 inhabitants in 1806. It is part of the Gramat catchment area. Its inhabitants are called Reilhacois or Reilhacoises.

The inhabitants of Reilhac are the Reilhacois and the Reilhacoises.

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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 légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.