Martel, Lot

Martel
Martel
Administration
Country	France
Region	Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Lot
Arrondissement	Gourdon
Canton	Martel
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de Martel
Mayor	Jean-Claude Requier (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	92–336 m (302–1,102 ft) (avg. 240 m/790 ft)
Land area1	35.28 km2 (13.62 sq mi)
Population2	1,467  (1999)
- Density	42 /km2 (110 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	46185/ 46600
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 44°56′16″N 1°36′35″E / 44.9377777778°N 1.60972222222°E / 44.9377777778; 1.60972222222

Martel is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.

Martel, view with seven towers

The town has a distinctive sky-line with medieval towers. There is a museum containing items from Puy d'Issolud, a local Gallic archaeological site which has been identified as Uxellodunum, besieged by Julius Caesar in 51 BC.^[1]

Henry the Young King died here in 1183.

See also

• Communes of the Lot department

References

1. ^ Musée d'Uxellodunum