Puybrun
Commune in Occitania, France
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Puybrun (French pronunciation: [pɥibʁœ̃]; Occitan: Puègbrun) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.
Puybrun | |
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The church of Saint-Blaise | |
 Location of Puybrun | |
  Puybrun  Puybrun | |
| Coordinates: 44°55′10″N 1°47′16″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Lot |
| Arrondissement | Figeac |
| Canton | Cère et Ségala |
| Intercommunality | Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Pascale Cieplak[1] |
Area 1 | 4.36 km2 (1.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 984 |
| • Density | 226/km2 (585/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 46229 /46130 |
| Elevation | 125–266 m (410–873 ft) (avg. 155 m or 509 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Toponymy
History
In 1282, a bastide was founded at Puybrun by Philipe de Hardi and William IV, a cistercian Abbot of Dalon in the Perigord.[4][5] A paréage had been created between the two in 1279.[6] The bastide was not granted the right to build walls and ditches.[6] The bastide would be attacked during the Hundred Years' War between the English and French and again during the French Wars of Religion in 1562 and again 1585.[6][7]
Local culture and heritage
Places and monuments
- Église Saint-Blaise de Puybrun. Built in 1300s but rebuilt in between 1600 and 1620 as it was severely damaged during the Religious Wars.[7]
Notable persons
- Charles Nuville (1889-1965), aviator, ace of the First World War, born in Puybrun.
- Jacky Lamothe, born in Puybrun in 1950, international basketball player.
