Carennac (French pronunciation: [kaʁɛnak]) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France in the historical region of Quercy.
The village lies in the fertile valley of the Dordogne under the arid plateau locally named 'le Causse'. Its landmarks include a medieval priory, combining an 11th-century church and cloister, and a 16th-century castle, in which the author of The Adventures of Telemachus, François Fénelon, lived from 1681 to 1685. The church features a tympanum, and the cloister a 15th-century "mise au tombeau".
Distance between:
Paris to Carennac275 Miles / 442 Kms Marseille to Carennac213 Miles / 343 Kms
Population: 421 inhabitants
Code of the commune:
46058 Postal Code:
46110
44.917775,1.73248