Carennac (French pronunciation: [kaʁɛnak]) is a commune in the Lot department in Southwestern 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