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Lacapelle-Marival (Occitan: La madra Marival) is a commune in the eastern part of the Lot department of Occitania, France (Massif Central), in the ancient province of Quercy.

It is also in the Limargue, a natural region occupying a green depression between the Causses du Quercy and the Ségala Quercynois.

Exposed to an altered oceanic climate, it is drained by the Ouysse, Drauzou, Francés and various other small streams. Part of the Dordogne basin, the commune boasts a remarkable natural heritage, with four natural zones of ecological, faunistic and floristic interest.

Lacapelle-Marival is a rural commune with a population of 1,281 in 2021. Its inhabitants are known as Marivalois or Marivaloises.

The community of Saint-Maurice-en-Quercy separated from Lacapelle-Marival in 1772.

Main attractions

The Château de Lacapelle-Marival (listed as a Monument Historique on January 24, 1939), built by the de Cardaillac family and owned by the Lacapelle commune , dates back to the 13th and 16th centuries. The massive square keep, with machicolations and bartizans at each corner, dates back to the 13th century, while the adjoining main building, flanked by large round towers, was added in the 15th century. Members of the Friends of the Château Association organize tours in July and August;

L’Assomption-de-la-Sainte-Vierge de Lacapelle-Marival church, built in 1575 on the site of the former 11th-century Romanesque chapel, remodeled in 1835. Eighteenth-century painting of the Assumption of the Virgin and painting by Dr. Cadiergues of stretcher-bearers during the First World War;