Nuzéjouls

Nuzéjouls
Nuzéjouls
Commune
	Location of Nuzéjouls
	Nuzéjouls Nuzéjouls
	Coordinates: 44°32′23″N 1°22′50″E / 44.5397°N 1.3806°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Lot
Arrondissement	Cahors
Canton	Causse et Bouriane
Intercommunality	CA Grand Cahors
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Brigitte Dessertaine
Area 1	4.74 km2 (1.83 sq mi)
Population (2021)	354
• Density	75/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	46211 /46150
Elevation	149–309 m (489–1,014 ft) ; (avg. 229 m or 751 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Toponymy

Nuzejouls is derived from the Latin nux, nucis and the gaulish for "clearing".^[3]

During the 1990s, the village was a center of camel breeding, which attracted many tourists at a regional level.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Information board in the village