Labastide-Murat

Part of Cœur de Causse in Occitania, France

Location of Labastide-Murat

44°38′53″N 1°34′06″E / 44.6481°N 1.5683°E / 44.6481; 1.5683CountryFranceRegionOccitaniaDepartmentLotArrondissementGourdonCantonCausse et ValléesCommuneCœur de Causse Area

27.27 km² (10.53 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

633 • Density23/km² (60/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

46240

Elevation265–449 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.

Labastide-Murat (French pronunciation: [labastid myʁa]), formerly Labastide-Fortunière (Lengadocian: La Bastida Fortunièra), 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.^[2] It was renamed after Napoleon Bonaparte's brother in law and famed Marshal of France Joachim Murat, who was born there in 1767.