Montcuq
Montcuq is a town and former commune in the Lot department in south-western France, lying 25 kilometres outside Cahors. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Montcuq-en-Quercy-Blanc.- Type: Village with 1,810 residents
- Description: former commune in Lot, France
- Also known as: “Geniès” and “Saint-Geniès (Lot) (réunie à Montcuq)”
- Postal code: 46800
Places of Interest
Highlights include Château de Montcuq and Église Saint-Hilaire de Montcuq.
Château de Montcuq
Château de Montcuq is a ruined castle in Montcuq, Lot, France. The castle of Montcuq was originally a Cathar stronghold and was captured by Simon de Montfort on 1 June 1212, after it had been deserted by its defenders.Montcuq
- Categories: commune of France, delegated commune, and locality
- Location: Montcuq-en-Quercy-Blanc, Arrondissement of Cahorse, Lot, Occitanie, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.33835° or 44° 20′ 18″ north
Longitude
1.20869° or 1° 12′ 31″ east
Population
1,810
Elevation
204 metres (669 feet)
United Nations Location Code
FR MNQ
Open location code
8FP386Q5+8F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Waray—“Montcuq” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Montcuq”
- Belarusian: “Манкюк”
- Catalan: “Montcuc”
- Catalan: “Montcuq”
- Cebuano: “Montcuq”
- Chechen: “Монкуьк”
- Chinese: “Montcuq”
- Chinese: “蒙居克”
- Chinese: “蒙屈克”
- Dutch: “Montcuq”
- French: “Geniès”
- French: “Moncu”
- French: “Moncuq”
- French: “Montcuq”
- German: “Montcuq”
- Hungarian: “Montcuq”
- Irish: “Saint-Lary”
- Italian: “Montcuq”
- Ladin: “Montcuq”
- Ladin: “Saint-Lary”
- Latin: “Montcuq”
- Luxembourgish: “Montcuq”
- Malagasy: “Montcuq”
- Malay: “Montcuq”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Montcuq”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Montcuq”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Montcuc”
- Piemontese: “Montcuq”
- Polish: “Montcuq”
- Portuguese: “Montcuq”
- Romanian: “Montcuq”
- Russian: “Монкюк”
- Slovak: “Montcuq”
- Spanish: “Montcuq”
- Swedish: “Montcuq”
- Tatar: “Монкюк”
- Turkish: “Montcuq”
- Ukrainian: “Монкюк”
- Urdu: “مونٹکوک”
- Vietnamese: “Montcuq”
- Volapük: “Montcuq”
- Waray (Philippines): “Montcuq”
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