Figeac

E160119

Figeac is a historic town in southwestern France known for its medieval architecture and as the birthplace of Jean-François Champollion, who deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphs.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Figeac canonical 12
Office de Tourisme de Figeac 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France
town
administrativeStatus subprefecture of Lot
country France
departmentCode 46
governedBy municipal council of Figeac
hasAttraction Place des Écritures
Romanesque and Gothic churches
large replica of the Rosetta Stone
medieval houses with timber framing
hasCulturalEvent festivals and cultural events related to writing and languages
hasEconomicActivity aeronautics industry (nearby Figeac Aéro)
tourism
hasHeritageStatus City of Art and History (France)
surface form: Ville d’Art et d’Histoire
hasMunicipalStatusSince Middle Ages
hasMuseum Musée Champollion – Les Écritures du Monde
hasReligiousBuilding Église Notre-Dame-du-Puy de Figeac
Église Saint-Sauveur de Figeac
hasTouristOffice Figeac self-linksurface differs
surface form: Office de Tourisme de Figeac
hasTransport railway station on Brive–Rodez line
hasUNLOCODE FRFEC
heritageType medieval townscape
historicalPeriodOfGrowth Middle Ages
knownFor birthplace of Jean-François Champollion
medieval architecture
well-preserved historic center
language French
locatedIn Lot department
Occitanie
surface form: Occitanie region

southwestern France
locatedNear Aurillac
Cahors
Rodez
namedAfter Gallo-Roman estate owner Fidius (etymological root)
notablePersonBornHere Jean-François Champollion
surface form: Jacques-Paul Champollion

Jean-François Champollion
partOf Massif Central
surface form: Massif Central foothills
postalCode 46100
regionalLanguage Occitan
regionCode Occitanie
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
traversedBy Célé River
twinTown Lommatzsch
Lugo
Rheda-Wiedenbrück

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Occitanie containsCity Figeac
Lot flowsThrough Figeac
Lot subprefecture Figeac
Lot contains Figeac
Lot River flowsThrough Figeac
Figeac hasTouristOffice Figeac self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Office de Tourisme de Figeac
Quercy contains Figeac
Lot department subprefecture Figeac
subject surface form: Lot (department)
Lot department contains Figeac
subject surface form: Lot (department)
Le Puy route passesThrough Figeac
Lot valley contains Figeac
subject surface form: Lot Valley