Chirac, Lozère

Former commune in Occitania, France

Part of Bourgs-sur-Colagne in Occitania, France

Chirac

Part of Bourgs-sur-Colagne

A view of Chirac and St-Bonnet

Coat of arms

Location of Chirac

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Coordinates: 44°31′29″N 3°15′58″E﻿ / ﻿44.5247°N 3.2661°E﻿ / 44.5247; 3.2661
Country| France
Region| Occitania
Department| Lozère
Arrondissement| Mende
Canton| Chirac
Commune| Bourgs-sur-Colagne

Area

| 33.79 km2 (13.05 sq mi)
Population

(2022)[1]

| 1,135
• Density| 34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code|

48100

Elevation| 605–1,254 m (1,985–4,114 ft)
(avg. 640 m or 2,100 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chirac (French pronunciation: [ʃiʁak]; Occitan: Chairac) is a former commune in the Lozère département in southern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Bourgs-sur-Colagne.[2] Its population was 1,135 in 2022.[1]

## Geography

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Situated on the banks of the Colagne river in the heart of the Massif central. The D809 road passes through the village.

## Population

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Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1962| 801| —
1968| 789| −0.25%
1975| 689| −1.92%
1982| 894| +3.79%
1990| 983| +1.19%
1999| 1,006| +0.26%
2006| 1,080| +1.02%
2022| 1,135| +0.31%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE[1]

## Places and monuments

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* The Fare dolmen
* The twelfth century Romanesque church.
* The chapel of Saint-Jean-Baptiste.
* The family chapels of the Chazette and the Volmanières
* The English cross: The English, who ravaged the country in the 14th century, were soundly beaten in a battle on the heights of the village. This place carries today the name of Cemetery of the English or Cross of the English. A cross, on which there is an inscription "CH des M" and "1701 - 1922", marks the site of the battle. During the construction of the A75 autoroute, the cross was renovated and moved a few metres from its original position.
* The bridge over the Colagne river.

## Activities

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As in the majority of the towns of Lozère, the principal activity is farming, although service industry sectors have started to play a larger part in the region.

* Farming is essentially sheep and cattle. The size of the upland meadows allows the farmers to have comparatively large flocks.

## Notable people

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* Colonel Marceau Crespin (1915–1988)
* Nicolaï Greschny (1912–1985), artist

## See also

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* Communes of the Lozère department

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 15 December 2015
3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Chirac, EHESS (in French).

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chirac (Lozère).

* Official town website

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* France
* BnF data

*[Pop.]: Population
*[±% p.a.]: Per annum growth rate