Luzech
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Luzech is a commune
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Lot department in south-western France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

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It is situated on the Lot River
Lot River
The Lot, , originally the Olt , is a river in France, right tributary of the Garonne. It rises in the Cévennes, flowing west through Quercy, where it flows into the Garonne near Aiguillon, a total distance of...

; a dam, the Barrage de Luzech was constructed in the late 1940s.

A relatively small village of about 1650 inhabitants, it is situated in the heart of the Cahors wine making region.

Luzech offers a number of sporting and social activities such as orienteering, fishing and kayaking.

Trivia

The main road in the village (Place du Canal) was formerly a canal which connected to the Lot river on either side.
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