Figeac or Fijac (Midi-Pyrenees) Pop; 11,000

Primarily a market town, Figeac can be found on the Cele River and claims as native sons: Jean-Francois Champollion, first translator of the hieroglyphics, and the actor, Charles Boyer.

The town lent its name to the undertaker in Camus' "The Stranger."

Figeac Attractions

Champollion Museum

Place des ecritures (has a giant copy of the Rosetta stone)

Place de la Raison

Notre-Dame du Puy

St-Sauveur chapter house (contains 17th century gilt wood sculptures)

Conques (Benedictine abbey)

Needles of Figeac

Pont de Valentre