Aguessac (; oc, Agaçac) is a
commune
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in the
Aveyron
Aveyron (; oc, Avairon; ) is a department in the region of Occitania, Southern France. It was named after the river Aveyron. Its inhabitants are known as ''Aveyronnais'' (masculine) or ''Aveyronnaises'' (feminine) in French. The inhabitants ...
department in the
Occitanie Occitanie may refer to:
*Occitania, a region in southern France called ''Occitanie'' in French
*Occitania (administrative region)
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region of southern
France
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.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Nagassols'' or ''Nagassoles''
Geography
Aguessac is just south of the
Massif Central
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Subject to volcanism that has subsided in the last 10,0 ...
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 A75 is an '' autoroute'' (motorway
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. 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
The Millau Viaduct (french: Viaduc de Millau, ) is a multispan cable-stayed bridge completed in 2004 across the gorge valley of the Tarn near (west of) Millau in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie Region, in Southern France. The design t ...
(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.
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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.[
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Neighbouring communes and villages
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Administration
List of Successive Mayors of Aguessac
;Mayors from 1926
Population
Distribution of Age Groups
The population of the commune of Aguessac is younger than average for the department of Aveyron.
Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Aguessac and Aveyron Department in 2017
Source: INSEE[Évolution et structure de la population en 2017: Commune d'Aguessac (12002)]
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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
Emma Calvé, born Rosa Emma Calvet (15 August 1858 – 6 January 1942) was a French operatic soprano.
Calvé was probably the most famous French female opera singer of the Belle Époque. Hers was an international career, and she sang regularly ...
(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
* Cantons of the Aveyron department
References
External links
Aguessac official website
Aguessac on the old National Geographic Institute website
Aguessac on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Aguesac'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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Communes of Aveyron