Aguessac

Aguessac
Commune
Chateau of Cabrières
Aguessac Location within Occitanie region Aguessac
Coordinates: 44°09′27″N 3°05′57″E / 44.1575°N 3.0992°E / 44.1575; 3.0992Coordinates: 44°09′27″N 3°05′57″E / 44.1575°N 3.0992°E / 44.1575; 3.0992
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Millau
Canton	Millau-2
Intercommunality	Millau Grands Causses
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Aimé Héral
Area1	17.64 km2 (6.81 sq mi)
Population (2014)2	861
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	12002 /12520
Elevation	367–869 m (1,204–2,851 ft) (avg. 372 m or 1,220 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Aguessac is a French commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Nagassols or Nagassoles^[1]

Geography

Aguessac is just south of the Massif Central and is located some 4 km north of Millau and 20 km south of Severac-le-Chateau. It can be accessed by the D29 road branching off the D911 in the west and continuing into the commune and south to the village. There is also the D809 coming from Millau in the south passing through the village and continuing north to join the A75 autoroute. The D907 goes north-east from the village to Riviere-sur-Tarn and the D167 goes west by a tortuous mountain route to Saint-Germain. The famous Millau Viaduct (Viaduc de la Garrigue) is on the A75 autoroute immediately to the west of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and high country farmland.^[2]

There are many streams flowing through the commune: the Ruisseau de Malbose forms the northern border of the commune, the Lumansonesque forms the eastern border flowing into the Tarn which forms the southern part of the eastern border. The Lumansonesque is fed by the Barbade with its numerous tributaries which forms part of the western border before flowing across the commune and joining the Lumansonesque.^[2]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Aguessac

Mayors from 1926

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010, the commune had 860 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Economy

The economy of the commune is agricultural and characterized by traditional agriculture based on farming for the production of calves and lambs for fattening. There are twelve farms in this commune.

Sites and monuments

• The Chateau of Cabrières

Notable people linked to the commune

• Emma Calvé (1858-1942) at the height of her fame bought the Chateau of Cabrières in 1884 before selling it to a manufacturer of gloves a few years later.

See also

• Cantons of the Aveyron department
• Communes of the Aveyron department
• Arrondissements of the Aveyron department

Notes and references

References

1. ↑ Inhabitants of Aveyron (in French)
2. 1 2 3 Google Maps

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