Aguessac

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

Aguessac
Commune
Chateau of Cabrières
Location of Aguessac
Aguessac
Aguessac
Coordinates: 44°09′27″N 3°05′57″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentAveyron
ArrondissementMillau
CantonMillau-2
IntercommunalityMillau Grands Causses
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Aimé Héral
Area
1
17.64 km2 (6.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
867
 • Density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
12002 /12520
Elevation367–869 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.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Nagassols or Nagassoles[2]

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.[3]

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.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages[3]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Aguessac

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1926
FromToName
17931795Guillaume Assayrous
17951799Alexandre Baldet
18001806Jean Amans Barascut
18071816Jean Joseph Quezac
18161822Jean Magloire
18231827Jean Antoine Fabre
18261829Jean Baptiste Colliere
18291830François Julien
18301836Jean-Joseph Quezac
18361840Camille Triadou
18401847Jean-Joseph Quezac
18471848Camille Triadou
18481852Jean-Antoine Alegre
18521865Jean-Pierre Decombis
18651876René Demnes
18761878Victor Vivier
18781881Jean-Joseph Demnes
18811884Jean-Joseph Quezac
18841904Sylvain Baldeyrou
19041912Camille Benoit
19121925Louis Rascalou
19251926Amédé Baldeyrou
Mayors from 1926
FromToNamePartyPosition
19261947Victor Arlabosse
19471959Paul Bringuier
19591965Jules Fau
19651977Julien de Roquetaillade
19771983Louis Vales
19831989Julien de Roquetaillade
19891995Louis Vales
19952008Jacques Commayras
2008CurrentAimé Heral

(Not all data is known)

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
2006832—    
2007842+1.2%
2008837−0.6%
2009849+1.4%
2010860+1.3%
2011872+1.4%
2012858−1.6%
2013858+0.0%
2014861+0.3%
2015864+0.3%
2016867+0.3%
Population change (See database)
1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851
575 629 - - 748 771 763 773 760
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
747 789 822 753 1,165 786 775 709 644
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
668 686 631 597 579 645 608 596 712
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 -
731 709 714 615 811 833 832 860 -

Distribution of Age Groups

The gender and age of the population of the Aguessac commune in 2009 and, comparatively, that of the department of Aveyron in the same year are represented in the following table. The population of the commune was 53.6% men and 46.4% women in 2009. It has a structure on average slightly younger than the population of metropolitan France. There are in fact 117 young people under 20 years old for every 100 people over 60 years (giving a youth index of 1.17), while for France the youth index, which is equal to the division of the share of less than 20 years by the share of over 60 years, is 1.06. The Youth Index for the commune is also higher than for the department (0.67) and for of the region (0.89).

Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Aguessac and Aveyron Department in 2009

AguessacAguessacAveyronAveyron
Age RangeMenWomenMenWomen
0 to 14 Years22.917.016.715.1
15 to 29 Years14.112.815.113.4
30 to 44 Years22.922.018.917.8
45 to 59 Years21.424.221.620.3
60 to 74 Years10.111.116.917.5
75 to 89 Years8.611.410.214.2
90 Years+0.01.50.61.7

Sources:

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

Notes and references

Notes

    References
    1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
    2. Inhabitants of Aveyron (in French)
    3. Google Maps
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