Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. It is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France association .
Its position, originally selected for defense, perched on a steep cliff 100 m above the river has helped make the town one of the most popular tourist destinations in the department, and the entire town is almost a museum. After it was "discovered" by the Post-Impressionist Henri Martin, it became popular with other artists and the home of the writer André Breton.Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is located 30 km east of Cahors, within the regional natural park Parc naturel régional des Causses du Quercy. The village overlooks the Lot River.The stronghold of Saint-Cirq-Lapopie was the main seat of one of the four viscounties that made up Quercy, divided among four feudal dynasties, the Lapopie, Gourdon, Cardaillac and Castelnau families.Saint-Cirq-Lapopie was the subject of an article published on 28 July 2012 in the British national newspaper The Guardian that featured the village's popularity with tourists and the fear that it might compromise its peaceful charm and relative isolation. The article claims an impressive 400,000 visitors each year (mostly from within France) but that it had become "...besieged by tourists..." since winning a popularity vote on a public television program in June 2012.
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