Cahors
Valentré bridge
Administration
Country	France
Region	Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Lot
Arrondissement	Cahors
Canton	Cahors-1 Cahors-2 Cahors-3
Intercommunality	Le Grand Cahors
Mayor	Jean-Marc Vayssouze-Faure
Statistics
Elevation	105–332 m (344–1,089 ft) (avg. 122 m/400 ft)
Land area1	72.48 km2 (27.98 sq mi)
Population2	19,630  (2014)
- Density	271/km2 (700/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	46042/ 46000
Website	www.mairie-cahors.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Cahors (Occitan: Caors) is a commune in southwestern France. It is in Occitanie. Cahors is the prefecture (capital) of the Lot department. It is also the capital of 3 cantons: Cahors-1, Cahors-2 and Cahors-3.

Cahors was the capital of the old province of Quercy and the people of this city are known, in French, as cadurciens (women: cadurciennes). This name comes from the old name of the city, Carduca.