Alrance

Alrance
Commune
The town hall and church in Alrance
Alrance Location within Occitanie region Alrance
Coordinates: 44°07′57″N 2°41′03″E / 44.1325°N 2.6842°E / 44.1325; 2.6842Coordinates: 44°07′57″N 2°41′03″E / 44.1325°N 2.6842°E / 44.1325; 2.6842
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Millau
Canton	Raspes et Lévezou
Intercommunality	Lévézou Pareloup
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Jean-Pierre Drulhe
Area1	35.43 km2 (13.68 sq mi)
Population (2014)2	357
• Density	10/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	12006 /12430
Elevation	719–971 m (2,359–3,186 ft) (avg. 735 m or 2,411 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.

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Alrançais or Alrançaises^[1]

Geography

Alrance is located some 30 km west of Millau and about 50 km north-east of Albi. The commune can be accessed by the D56 road which runs north-east from Durenque and intersects the road D25 in the commune. It continues north through the commune to Arvieu. The D25 comes south-east from Salmiech through most of the length of the commune and continues south-east to Villefranche-de-Panat. Access to the village is from the north-east on road D659 which runs off the D577 south of the Lac de Pareloup. The D659 runs south-west and ends at the village. The D528 also runs off the D25 in the south of the commune to the village.^[2]

The commune is mostly farmland with some forest and covered by many country roads. There are a number of other hamlets and villages in the commune. These are:

A number of streams rise in the commune and flow to the Lac de Villefranche-de-Panat at the southern border of the commune. The streams include L'Alrance, Ruisseau du Lagasi, and several others. Some streams rise in the north of the commune and flow northwards eventually joining Le Ceor river which eventually flows to the Viaur at Castelpers.^[2]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Alrance^[3]

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 404 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Sites and Monuments

The Tower of Peyrebrune.

• The Lac de Villefranche-de-Panat just south of the commune border provides power and water activities for the commune
• The Church of Alrance and Church of La Capelle-Farcel
• The Tower of Peyrebrune (a chapel and remains of a castle)

Notable People linked to the commune

• Jean-Baptiste Angles, a missionary in Japan.

See also

• Communes of the Aveyron department

Notes and references

References

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

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