Prayssac
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Commune of Prayssac |
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| Location | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Midi-Pyrénées |
| Department | Lot |
| Arrondissement | Cahors |
| Canton | Puy-l'Évêque |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble |
| Mayor | Michel Lolmède (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 80 m–284 m (avg. 107 m) |
| Land area¹ | 24.05 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
2,300 |
| - Density | 95/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 46225/ 46220 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Prayssac (pronounced [pʀeˈsak]) is a commune and town in the Lot département of south-west France.
Home to 2340 residents the town was in 1768 the birthplace of the soldier Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Duke of Istrie.
The UN/LOCODE is FRPSC.
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