Le Vigan | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Gourdon |
Canton: | Gourdon |
Insee: | 46334 |
Postal Code: | 46300 |
Mayor: | Jean-Michel Favory[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Quercy-Bouriane |
Coordinates: | 44.7425°N 1.4397°W |
Elevation M: | 333 |
Elevation Min M: | 202 |
Elevation Max M: | 391 |
Area Km2: | 34.4 |
Le Vigan (in French pronounced as /lə viɡɑ̃/; Occitan (post 1500);: Lo Vigan) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. It is also in Bouriane a sandy Natural region of hills covered in forests dominated by chestnut trees.
The town has grown in population since 1962 with 1,546 inhabitants as of 2020. These people are known as Vigannais or Vigannaises.