Goujounac
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Commune of Goujounac |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Midi-Pyrénées |
| Department | Lot |
| Arrondissement | Cahors |
| Canton | Cazals |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes Sud Bouriane |
| Mayor | Jacques Roux (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 130 m–306 m (avg. 254 m) |
| Land area¹ | 10.38 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
199 |
| - Density | 19/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 46126/ 46250 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Goujounac is a village and commune of the Lot department in southwestern France.
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[edit] Geography
Goujounac is located in the Lot valley about 30km to the west of Cahors and 9km south of Cazals.
It makes up for one point in a quiet triangle of villages in the Lot, the others being Frayssinet-le-Gelat and the smaller Pomarede, both 3 km away.
[edit] Sights
Architecturally, Goujounac is very traditional in style and therefore akin to many of the villages in this corner of the Lot. Presenting pretty, well-preserved stone houses and barns along the main road with further reaches of the village also well maintained, the village has a number of simply preserved back streets to wander. The centre of the village is dominated by its ancient 12th century Romanesque church, evidence in itself that Goujounac has been a community for many years.
[edit] Demographics
Most of the village's 250 population are French, though there are Portuguese, British, Belgian and Dutch living here and in nearby areas now as well. The village is a quiet place in the evenings and it sees much passing trade during the day throughout the summer as it is situated on the D660 which runs north to south. Whilst the road occasionally becomes fairly busy during the peak tourist months, traffic never becomes sufficiently heavy to be considered a disturbance. As with many places around here, its population increases with the coming of summer and 'les grandes vacances', but its quiet charm never really succumbs at all. Situated 30km SE of Goujounac lies Cahors, the Lot's largest busy town. Closer to hand are the pleasantly sleepy market towns of Puy-l'eveque and Prayssac, both roughly 10km away are better positioned for daily foraging.
[edit] Facilities
Goujounac has two restaurants to offer, both serving excellent local cuisine.
'La Poule au Pot' [1] is a rustic farm restaurant on a hill on the fringe of village. Excellent locally sourced food, (particularly the confit de canard and the foie gras of course...) and house wine are plentiful, and there are occasional appearances by the restaurant's patron and village mayor, M. Jaques Roux.
The more sophisticated, but no less traditional 'Hostellerie de Goujounac', is a honeysuckle-covered village inn found right at the heart of the community on the main road, and is another excellent place to eat. Enjoying a new lease of life since early May 2008, the food is more than meeting expectations. It fully deserves its growing local reputation for tasty, good value local food set in a charming environment. The patron and his wife are Dutch, the Chef is French, and the waitress English. The pork and duck are highly recommended; crepes gratine au saumon are excellent.
The Hostellerie [2] also has 5 comfortable bedrooms upstairs, which are available at very reasonable rates.
There is a swimming pool and a campsite with tennis courts at the top of the village, about 5 minutes walk from the centre. There has been no commercial centre to Goujounac since the village shop was forced to close a couple of years ago. Whilst pretty, quiet and a in a good location for exploring the area, there is little to do here during the daytime except to go for walks in the surrounding countryside.
There is a brief history of Goujounac available from the Mairie but nothing else published on line.
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