🇫🇷 Figeac

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França

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País 🇫🇷 França
Tipo Major
Coordenadas 44,603515, 2,037355
Fuso Horário Europe/Paris
Conexões 778
Código UIC 8761309

Sobre Figeac

Figeac is a station serving the medieval market town of Figeac in the Lot partemment of the Occitanie região in south-oeste do France, birthplace of the Egyptologist Jean-François Champollion. TER serviços regiãoais conectam Figeac ao longo da Brive–Rodez and Figeac–Capdenac lines, tornando-o a modest rail junção for the remote Lot valley área entre the Massif Central foothills and the Quercy causse plateaux. Travellers exploring the Lot valley and the Route of Santiago de Compostela através de Quercy will find Figeac a conveniente base acessível by rail.

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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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Dados atualizados pela última vez em: 2026-02-27