Arnac-sur-Dourdou

Arnac-sur-Dourdou
Arnac-sur-Dourdou
	Commune
	Old bread oven
	Arnac-sur-Dourdou Location within Occitanie region Arnac-sur-Dourdou
	Coordinates: 43°43′38″N 2°56′00″E / 43.7272°N 2.9333°ECoordinates: 43°43′38″N 2°56′00″E / 43.7272°N 2.9333°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Millau
Canton	Causses-Rougiers
Intercommunality	CC Monts Rance Rougier
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Fernande Singer
Area1	16.57 km2 (6.40 sq mi)
Population (2015)2	36
• Density	2.2/km2 (5.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	12009 /12360
Elevation	506–1,000 m (1,660–3,281 ft) ; (avg. 560 m or 1,840 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.

Arnac-sur-Dourdou (Occitan: Arnac) is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arnacois or Arnacoises^[1]

Geography

Arnac-sur-Dourdou is a sparsely populated commune in the extreme southern corner of Aveyron some 50 km west by north-west of Saint-André-de-Sangonis and 8 km east by north-east of Murat-sur-Vèbre in the heart of the Lacaune mountains. The western border of the commune is also the border between the departments of Aveyron and Tarn while the southern border is the border between Aveyron and Hérault. Access to the commune is by the D92 road from Brusque in the north which is a tortuous mountain road going to the village and continuing west to change to the D162 at the commune border then south to join the D622 to Murat-sur-Vèbre. The D12 road from Brusque to the south forms the eastern border of the commune and road D174 connects the village to this road. The commune is mountainous and heavily forested.^[2]

The Dourdou de Camarès river flows through the commune and the village from east to west gathering numerous tributaries flowing from all corners of the commune.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

History

Until the French Revolution the Parish of Arnac was part of the community of Brusque. Saint-Benoît-d'Arnac was then an annex of the Parish of Saint-Pierre-des-Cats (currently the commune of Mélagues). After the Revolution Arnac was part of the commune of Mélagues. It was in 1872 that the commune of Arnac-sur-Dourdou was founded. Today the village consists of many second homes which are often the properties of descendants of the past inhabitants of the village.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name
1872	1892	Barthélémy Garenq
1892	1929	Jacques Roques
1929	1935	Hyppolyte Garenq
1935	1945	Jacques Roques
1945	1947	Jean Bertrand
1947	1995	Louis Maury
1995	1997	Pierre Garrencq
1997	2008	Henri Riac
2008	2020	Fernande Singer

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 23 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1872. 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]}

Population change (See database)

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
-	-	-	401	399	401	376	376	337

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
304	307	295	206	256	244	145	110	111

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009	-
103	87	66	48	55	30	-	23	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Cultural Events and Festivals

Arnac Festival in traditional clothes

Sites and monuments

The Church of Saint-Benoît
The Bread oven at the Arnac Mill
The GR 71 passes through the commune

Church of Saint-Benoît.
Church of Saint-Benoît.
Wayside Cross.
The bread oven in the Mill of Arnac.

Notes and references

Notes

↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine., the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

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[4] At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine., the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

[1] Inhabitants of Aveyron (in French)

[Google-2] 1 2 3 Google Maps

[3] List of Mayors of France (in French)

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