Champollion Museum

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The Champollion Museum (French: Musée Champollion) is located in Figeac, Lot. It houses a collection devoted to Figeac's most famous son, Jean-François Champollion. It was inaugurated 19 December 1986 in the presence of President François Mitterrand and Jean Leclant, secrétaire perpétuel of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. After two years of building work and extension, the museum re-opened in 2007. Besides Champollion's life and discoveries, the museum also recounts the history of writing. The whole façade is covered in pictograms, from the original ideograms of the whole world.

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Champollion Museum
Impasse Champollion, Figeac

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Musée Champollion (Musée des Écritures du Monde)

Impasse Champollion
46100 Figeac
Occitania, France
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Figeac

Figeac (French pronunciation: [fiʒak]; Occitan: Fijac) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. Figeac is a sub-prefecture of the department.

Canton of Figeac-1

The canton of Figeac-1 is an administrative division of the Lot department, southern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Figeac.It consists of the following communes:

Canton of Figeac-2

Arrondissement of Figeac

The arrondissement of Figeac is an arrondissement of France in the Lot department in the Occitanie region. It has 118 communes. Its population is 54,566 (2016), and its area is 1,593.3 km2 (615.2 sq mi).

Figeac station

Figeac is a railway station in Figeac, Occitanie, France. The station is a keilbahnhof, situated at the junction of the Brive–Toulouse (via Capdenac) railway and Figeac–Arvant railway lines. The station is served by Intercités de nuit (night train) and TER (local) services operated by SNCF. The station was mostly destroyed by a fire of mysterious origin overnight the 21-22 of November 2018. Despite the efforts of around fifty firefighters from Figeac and surrounding areas, the station's smoke-stained walls were pretty much all that remained standing. An inquiry ruled the fire as "accidental," but questions remain. Reconstruction of the station began in 2021, and it is expected to re-open to passengers in early 2023. In the meantime, SNCF has moved its operations to a nearby parking lot where buses and trains now embark their passengers. The station itself is located south of the river Célé, near the Hotel de Ville. It is easily accessed from the N122 and several departmental routes.

Planioles

Planioles (French pronunciation: [planjɔl]; Occitan: Planhòlas) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.

Capdenac

Capdenac (French pronunciation: [kapdənak]) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. It has been inhabited since prehistoric times. At one time Capdenac was thought to be identifiable as the Gaulish settlement of Uxellodunum which was besieged by Julius Caesar, but this theory has been discredited.

Lissac-et-Mouret

Lissac-et-Mouret (French pronunciation: [lisak e muʁɛ]; Languedocien: Liçac e Moret) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.

Lunan, Lot

Lunan (French pronunciation: [lynɑ̃]; Occitan: Lunant) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.

Camburat

Camburat (French pronunciation: [kɑ̃byʁa]) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.

Viazac

Viazac (French pronunciation: [vjazak]; Occitan: Viasac) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.

Capdenac station

Capdenac is a railway station in Capdenac-Gare, Occitanie, France. The station opened in 1858 and is on the Brive–Toulouse (via Capdenac), Capdenac–Rodez and Cahors–Capdenac railway lines. The station is served by Intercités de nuit (night train) and TER (local) services operated by SNCF. The line between Cahors and Capdenac was used by Quercyrail between 1993 and 2003 as a preserved railway, however the line is currently unused.