🇫🇷 Figeac

Major

Fakta Singkat

Negara 🇫🇷
Jenis Major
Koordinat 44,603515, 2,037355
Zona Waktu Europe/Paris
Koneksi 778
Kode UIC 8761309

Tentang Figeac

Figeac is a stasiun serving yang medieval market town dari Figeac di yang Lot department dari yang Occitanie region di south-western France, birthplace dari yang Egyptologist Jean-François Champollion. TER layanan regional menghubungkan Figeac along yang Brive–Rodez dan Figeac–Capdenac lines, making it a modest rail junction untuk yang remote Lot valley area antara yang Massif Central foothills dan yang Quercy causse plateaux. Travellers exploring yang Lot valley dan yang Route dari Santiago de Compostela melalui Quercy will find Figeac a nyaman base dapat diakses oleh rail.

Pertanyaan yang Sering Diajukan

Figeac station is about a 10-minute walk from the medieval old town. Walk south towards the Place Champollion and the half-timbered houses of the historic centre along the Cele river.
TER Occitanie regional trains connect Figeac to Toulouse and Rodez. Intercites services pass through on the Clermont-Ferrand to Toulouse line. The station sits at a junction of two regional lines.
Luggage storage at Figeac is limited. The station has a ticket office and basic facilities. The compact medieval town is easily explored on foot.
Figeac is the birthplace of Jean-Francois Champollion, who deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphs using the Rosetta Stone. The Place des Ecritures features a giant reproduction of the Rosetta Stone. The medieval old town has fine sandstone houses with soleilhos (open-air drying lofts).
Champollion, born in Figeac in 1790, deciphered the Rosetta Stone in 1822, unlocking the secrets of Egyptian hieroglyphs. His birthplace is now a museum, and the Place des Ecritures has a courtyard-sized replica of the Rosetta Stone carved in black granite by artist Joseph Kosuth.

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Data terakhir diperbarui: 2026-02-27