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Cahors
France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and comprises various overseas islands and territories which are located in other regions. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. At 674,843 square kilometres, France is the world's 40th-largest country after Myanmar. France is a member of The European Union and Paris is the capital of this nation. The sole official language of France is French. Since prehistoric times, France has been a crossroads of trade, migrations, and invasions.
Cahors is a town and municipality in western France, in the Lot department. Cahors has had a rich history since Celtic times, and has remained economically important until the present. In the middle ages Cahors was infamous for having bankers that charged interest on their loans. The church in these times said that using money as an end in itself was a sin. Because of this, Cahors became synonymous with this sin, and was mentioned in Dante's Inferno alongside Sodom as wicked. Pope John XXII, born Jacques Dueze or d'Euse, was born in Cahors in 1249, the son of a shoemaker. Population is 23,003.
Lot is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot River. Lot was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the province of Languedoc. In 1808, some of the original southeastern cantons were separated from it to form the department of Tarn-et-Garonne. It originally extended much farther to the south and included the city of Montauban. Geographically Lot is part of the region of Midi-Pyrenees and is surrounded by the departments of Correze, Cantal, Aveyron, Tarn-et-Garonne, Lot-et-Garonne, and Dordogne. Lot population ranked 90th in 1999 with population of 160,197.
A city known for its historic myths and traditions, scenic beauty, luxurious hotels and cottages, Cahors is one of the favorite holiday destinations for most of the vacation lovers.
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