Tauriac, Lot

Tauriac is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.

Toponymy

The toponym Tauriac, of Gallo-Roman origin, is based on an anthroponym Taurius or Torius. The ending -ac comes from the Gallic suffix -acon, often Latinized as -acum in texts. This is the domain of Taurius.

Local culture and heritage

Places and monuments

Église Saint-Martial de Tauriac, from the sixteenth century. The building was classified as a historical monument in 1987. Several objects are referenced in the Palissy database. The church was built in the first half of the sixteenth century, as evidenced by the date 1549 inscribed on a keystone. The first mention of a church is a deed of 930 donating the church to the abbey of Saint-Pierre de Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne by Adémar, viscount of the Échelles. Following a request in 1281 by the abbot of Dalon to found a bastide in this place, a second church was built at the end of the thirteenth century at the current site in the bastide.

Notable personalities

Maria Valtat, née Layna,, member of the PCF, and of the FTPF, a resistance fighter, creator and organizer of the National Front of the Resistance in Avalonnais.