Reilhac | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Figeac |
Canton: | Gramat |
Insee: | 46235 |
Postal Code: | 46500 |
Mayor: | Christian Carbonnel[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Grand-Figeac |
Coordinates: | 44.7011°N 1.72°W |
Elevation Min M: | 312 |
Elevation Max M: | 396 |
Area Km2: | 12.98 |
Demonym: | Reilhacois |
Reilhac (in French pronounced as /ʁɛjak/; Occitan (post 1500);: Relhac) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. It is also in the Gramat Causse, the largest and wildest of the four Quercy causses.
Exposed to an altered oceanic climate, no permanent watercourse is listed in the commune. Included in the Dordogne basin, the commune has a remarkable natural heritage: a Natura 2000 site (the “central zone of the Causse de Gramat”) and a natural area of ecological, fauna, and flora interest.
Reilhac is a rural commune that will have 171 inhabitants in 2021 after experiencing a population peak of 449 inhabitants in 1806. It is part of the Gramat catchment area. Its inhabitants are called Reilhacois or Reilhacoises.
The inhabitants of Reilhac are the Reilhacois and the Reilhacoises.