Marnhagues-et-Latour

Marnhagues-et-Latour
Commune
The Chapel of Manhargues
Marnhagues-et-Latour
Location within Occitanie region
Marnhagues-et-Latour
Coordinates: 43°52′24″N 3°01′50″E / 43.8733°N 3.0306°E / 43.8733; 3.0306Coordinates: 43°52′24″N 3°01′50″E / 43.8733°N 3.0306°E / 43.8733; 3.0306
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Aveyron
Arrondissement Millau
Canton Causses-Rougiers
Intercommunality Larzac-Templier Causses et Vallées
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Jérôme Thibault-Laurent
Area1 21.92 km2 (8.46 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 146
 • Density 6.7/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 12139 /12540
Elevation 396–762 m (1,299–2,500 ft)
(avg. 422 m or 1,385 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.

Marnhagues-et-Latour is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.

Geography

The Sorgues flows west-northwest through the commune; the Latour hamlet lies on its right bank. The Marnhagues hamlet lies in the valley of the Matas brook, a tributary of the Sorgues. The third hamlet in the commune, Laroquaubel, lies in the valley of the Annou, another tributary of the Sorgues.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962128—    
1968144+12.5%
1975146+1.4%
1982132−9.6%
1990102−22.7%
1999132+29.4%
2008146+10.6%

Sights

  • The Nonenque Charterhouse (French: Chartreuse Notre-Dame du Précieux Sang or Chartreuse de Nonenque) lies north of Laroquaubel, in the same valley.

See also

References

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