What is Cahors?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Cahors |commune status = [[Prefectures in France|Prefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image flag = Flag of Cahors.svg |image coat of arms = Blason Ville Cahors fr (Lot).svg |image = Cahors pont Valentre vgen.jpg |caption = Valentré [[bridge]] |arrondissement = Cahors |canton = [[Canton of Cahors-1|Cahors-1]]<br />[[Canton of Cahors-2|Cahors-2]]<br />[[Canton of Cahors-3|Cahors-3]] |INSEE = 46042 |postal code = 46000 |mayor = Jean-Marc Vayssouze-Faure<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mairie-cahors.fr/cahors/maire.html |title=Le Maire de Cahors |publisher=Ville de Cahors |language=fr |access-date=27 February 2017 |archive-date=4 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404212434/http://www.mairie-cahors.fr/cahors/maire.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> |term = |intercommunality = Le Grand Cahors |coordinates = {{coord|44.4483|1.4414|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 122 |elevation min m = 105 |elevation max m = 332 |area km2 = 72.48 |population demonym = Cadurciens |population = 19630 |population date = 2014 |website = [http://www.mairie-cahors.fr/ www.mairie-cahors.fr] }} '''Cahors''' ({{lang-oc|Caors}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in southwestern [[France]]. It is in [[Occitanie]]. Cahors is the [[Prefectures in France|''prefecture'']] ([[Capital city|capital]]) of the [[Lot (department)|Lot]] [[Departments of France|department]]. It is also the capital of 3 [[Cantons in France|''cantons'']]: [[Canton of Cahors-1|Cahors-1]], [[Canton of Cahors-2|Cahors-2]] and [[Canton of Cahors-3|Cahors-3]]. Cahors was the capital of the old province of [[Quercy]] and the people of this city are known, in [[French language|French]], as ''cadurciens'' (women: ''cadurciennes''). This name comes from th