At the crossroads of three departments, that are the Lot, Aveyron and Cantal, near Figeac, the valleys of the Lot and Cele with their many interesting villages, country houses and castles, Saint-Perdoux is a small village with a church full of flowers ranked 11th century, surrounded by wooded hills mainly of chestnut.
The name comes from Saint Perdoux certainly the name of the Holy Pardwulf Gueret, whose spelling evolved in Saint Pardoux or Pardulphe. One assumption of the evolution of Saint Pardoux in Saint Perdoux would the monks of Figeac, in the 12th century who disagreed with their Abbot were sent to Saint Perdoux to do penance and seek forgiveness, in patois "démondi perdou". A locality of the town is named after Mas de l'Hort, it was the gardens of the monks.
