Labastide-Murat

Labastide-Murat
The town hall in Labastide-Murat The town hall in Labastide-Murat
Labastide-Murat
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region Labastide-Murat
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Lot
Arrondissement	Gourdon
Canton	Causse et Vallées
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Causse de Labastide-Murat
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Lucien-Georges Foissac
Area1	27.27 km2 (10.53 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	690
• Density	25/km2 (66/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	46138 / 46240
Elevation	265–449 m (869–1,473 ft) (avg. 447 m or 1,467 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Labastide-Murat, formerly Labastide-Fortunière is a former commune in the Lot department in south-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cœur-de-Causse. It was renamed after Napoleon Bonaparte's brother in law and famed Marshal of France Joachim Murat, who was born there in 1767.

See also

• Communes of the Lot department