Saint-Cyprien, Lot

Former commune in Occitania, France

Part of Lendou-en-Quercy in Occitania, France

Saint-Cyprien

Part of Lendou-en-Quercy

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Coordinates: 44°18′31″N 1°15′53″E﻿ / ﻿44.3086°N 1.2647°E﻿ / 44.3086; 1.2647
Country| France
Region| Occitania
Department| Lot
Arrondissement| Cahors
Canton| Luzech
Commune| Lendou-en-Quercy

Area

| 15.07 km2 (5.82 sq mi)
Population

(2022)[1]

| 241
• Density| 16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code|

46800

Elevation| 145–277 m (476–909 ft)
(avg. 222 m or 728 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Cyprien (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sipʁijɛ̃] ⓘ; Languedocien: Sent Çabrian) is a former commune in the Lot department in south-western France.[2] On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Lendou-en-Quercy.[3]

## History

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### Legend of the relics of St. Cyprian

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The village's name comes from the name of Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, whose relics are claimed to have been hidden here during two centuries before reportedly transferred to Moissac in 1122.[4][5] This information comes from Aymeric de Peyrac in his Chronicle, and in an old lectionary of the abbey of Moissac, quoted by the Gallia Christiana, which says that the relics were transferred to Moissac from a place in the diocese of Cahors called Valles or Les Vaux. Alain de Solminihac probably did not believe the authenticity of the relics.[6]

Before 1790, the parish's name was Saint-Cyprien des Vaux.[7]

## Administration

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List of mayors since 1793:

* Charles Bach
* 1793-1796
* Jean Laroque
* 1796-1799
* Jean Paul Joseph Rayet
* 1799-1800
* Jean Laroque
* 1800-1821
* Duc
* 1821-1826
* Bernard Lacavalerie
*       * 1826-1830
* Charles Mathieu de Tuller
* 1830-1832
* Pierre Bousquet
* 1832-1841
* Jean Pierre Gautié
* 1841-1848
* Bousquet
* 1848-1851
* Bernard Laroque
* 1851-1852
* Antoine Sourbié
* 1852-1862
* Gauthier J. Pierre Mercadié
* 1862-1878
* Clément Delprat
* 1878-1884
* Louis Verdier
* 1884-1885
* Eugène Mercadié
* 1885-1919
* Armand Mercadié
* 1919-1948
* Henri Chazarin
* 1948-1953
* Gilbert Borredon
* 1953-1973
* Daniel Maury
* 1973-1989
* Jean-Louis Vayssière
* 1989-2017

## See also

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* Communes of the Lot department

## References

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1. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
2. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Cyprien, EHESS (in French).
3. ^ "Arrêté du 6 décembre 2017 portant création de la commune nouvelle de Lendou-en-Quercy". Légifrance (in French). December 27, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
4. ^ La Haye, Régis de (1992). "Saint Cyprien, patron de Moissac" [St. Cyprian, patron of Moissac]. Bulletin de la Société Archéologique de Tarn-et-Garonne (in French). 117: 137–159. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
5. ^ "Cyprian, St". Encyclopedia.com. New Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
6. ^ Albe, Edmond (1911). "Les reliques de saint Cyprien. Deux lettres inédites du vénérable Alain de Solminihac, évêque de Cahors (1637-1659)" [The relics of St. Cyprian. Two unpublished letters from the venerable Alain de Solminihac, bishop of Cahors (1637-1659)]. Revue d'histoire de l'Église de France (in French). 12: 725–727. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
7. ^ Abbé Jean Depeyre (1932). Saint-Cyprien des-Vaux : pages d'histoire locale [Saint-Cyprien des-Vaux: local history pages] (in French). Cahors: Ed. A. Bergon. Retrieved January 22, 2018.

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