Figeac

Figeac (also known as Fijac) is a little town in the Lot d?partement in Quercy, Midi-Pyr?n?es, southwestern France. Population (1999): 9,606.

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Figeac is commune and a sous-pr?fecture of the Lot d?partement.

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Jean-Fran?ois Champollion the first translator of the hieroglyphics was born in Figeac where there is a Champollion Museum. On the "Place des ?critures" (writings place) is a giant copy of the Rosetta stone, by Joseph Kosuth.

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The actor Charles Boyer was born in Figeac.

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Quercy: Quercy (pronounced in French; ) (Occitan: Carsin, pronounced , locally ) is a former province of France located in the southwest of France, bounded on the north by Limousin, on the west by P?rigord and Agenais, on the south by Gascony and Languedoc, and on the east by Rouergue and Auvergne....

France: The French Republic or France (: R?publique fran?aise or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents....