Aguessac

Aguessac

Chateau of Cabrières
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-Est
Intercommunality Millau Grands Causses
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2020) Aimé Heral
Area1 17.64 km2 (6.81 sq mi)
Population (2010)2 860
 • Density 49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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 river 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]

Neighbouring communes and villages[2]

 Saint-Léons Verrières La Cresse
Saint-Beauzély Compeyre
   Aguessac  
Compregnac Millau La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Aguessac

Mayors from 1926
From To Name Party Position
1926 1947 Victor Arlabosse
1947 1959 Paul Bringuier
1959 1965 Jules Fau
1965 1977 Julien de Roquetaillade
1977 1983 Louis Vales
1983 1989 Julien de Roquetaillade
1989 1995 Louis Vales
1995 2008 Jacques Commayras
2008 2020 Aimé Heral

(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]

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 -

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

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 the share of the of 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

Aguessac Aguessac Aveyron Aveyron
Age Range Men Women Men Women
0 to 14 Years 22.9 17.0 16.7 15.1
15 to 29 Years 14.1 12.8 15.1 13.4
30 to 44 Years 22.9 22.0 18.9 17.8
45 to 59 Years 21.4 24.2 21.6 20.3
60 to 74 Years 10.1 11.1 16.9 17.5
75 to 89 Years 8.6 11.4 10.2 14.2
90 Years+ 0.0 1.5 0.6 1.7

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

Notable people linked to the commune

See also

External links

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities 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.

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