What is Martel, Lot?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Martel |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Halleetfabri.jpg |caption = The covered market in Martel |image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Martel (Lot).svg |arrondissement = [[Arrondissement of Gourdon|Gourdon]] |canton = [[Canton of Martel|Martel]] |INSEE = 46185 |postal code = 46600 |mayor = '''Jean-Claude Requier''' |term = 2008&ndash;2014 |intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes du Pays de Martel]] |coordinates = {{coord|44.9378|1.6097|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 240 |elevation min m = 92 |elevation max m = 336 |area km2 = 35.28 |population = 1467 |population date = 1999 }} '''Martel''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Lot (department)|Lot]] [[Departments of France|department]] in south-western [[France]]. The town has a distinctive sky-line with medieval towers. There is a museum containing items from Puy d'Issolud, a local [[Gauls|Gallic]] archaeological site which has been identified as Uxellodunum, besieged by [[Julius Caesar]] in 51 BC.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.culture.fr/sections/regions/midi_pyrenees/organisme/MUSEO-4618501 |title=''Musée d'Uxellodunum'' |access-date=2013-12-06 |archive-date=2012-09-13 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913130027/http://www.culture.fr/sections/regions/midi_pyrenees/organisme/MUSEO-4618501 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Henry the Young King]] died here in 1183. ==Related pages== *[[Communes of the Lot department]] ==References== <references/> {{france-geo-stub}} [[Category:Communes in Lot]]