| Puybrun | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Arrondissement: | Figeac |
| Canton: | Cère et Ségala |
| Insee: | 46229 |
| Postal Code: | 46130 |
| Mayor: | Pascale Cieplak[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne |
| Coordinates: | 44.9194°N 1.7878°W |
| Elevation M: | 155 |
| Elevation Min M: | 125 |
| Elevation Max M: | 266 |
| Area Km2: | 4.36 |
Puybrun (in French pronounced as /pɥibʁœ̃/; Occitan (post 1500);: Puègbrun) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.
The toponym Puybrun (in Occitan Pègbrun) is found in the form Bastida de Podio bruni which is formed from Puy which is a francization of the Occitan pèg, pech from the Latin podium with the meaning of place located on a height and brown because of the colour given by the iron ore.[2]
In 1282, a bastide was founded at Puybrun by Philipe de Hardi and William IV, a cistercian abbot of Dalon in the Perigord.[3] [4] A paréage had been created between the two in 1279.[5] The bastide was not granted the right to build walls and ditches.[5] 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.[5]