Alrance (; oc, Alrança) is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

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 o ...

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in the

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region of southern

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Alrançais'' or ''Alrançaises''

Geography

Alrance is located some 30 km west of

Millau Millau (; oc, Milhau ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Aveyron Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region in Southern France. One of two Subprefectures in France, subp ...

and about 50 km north-east of

Albi Albi (; oc, Albi ) is a commune in southern France. It is the prefecture of the Tarn department, on the river Tarn, 85 km northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called ''Albigensians'' (french: Albigeois, Albigeoise(s), oc, albig� ...

. The commune can be accessed by the D56 road which runs north-east from Durenque and intersects the road D25 in the commune. It continues north through the commune to Arvieu. The D25 comes south-east from Salmiech through most of the length of the commune and continues south-east to

Villefranche-de-Panat Villefranche-de-Panat (; oc, Vilafranca de Panat ) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aveyron department The following is a list of the 285 communes of the Aveyron departme ...

. Access to the village is from the north-east on road D659 which runs off the D577 south of the

Lac de Pareloup Lac de Pareloup (; oc, link=no, Lac de Paralop; en, Pareloup Lake) is a lake in Aveyron, France. It lies on the Lévézou plateau, 25 km south east of Rodez. Description At an elevation of 805 m, its surface area is 12.6 km². The imp ...

. The D659 runs south-west and ends at the village. The D528 also runs off the D25 in the south of the commune to the village.Google Maps
/ref> The commune is mostly farmland with some forest and covered by many country roads. There are a number of other hamlets and villages in the commune. These are: *L'Adrech *Bonneguide *Boussinesq *Le Bouviale *La Capelle Farcel *La Coste *Las Fenials *Flauvelou *Fretanels *Le Jouanesq *Lacan *Le Mas Nespoulous *Le Mas Viala *Le Mas Vialet *Montcouzac *Nazareth *La Niade *Pentezac *Peyrebrune *La Rouquette *Le Sales *La Vacaresse A number of streams rise in the commune and flow to the

Lac de Villefranche-de-Panat Lac de Villefranche-de-Panat () is a lake in Aveyron, France. At an elevation of 727 m, its surface area is 1.92 km². It lies in the communes of Villefranche-de-Panat and Alrance. Description The Lac de Villefranche-de-Panat is part of an ...

at the southern border of the commune. The streams include L'Alrance, Ruisseau du Lagasi, and several others. Some streams rise in the north of the commune and flow northwards eventually joining the river

Céor The Céor () is a long river in the Aveyron department in southern France. Its source is at Salles-Curan, southwest of the ''lac de Pareloup''. It flows generally west-southwest. It is a left tributary of the Viaur, into which it flows at Saint ...

which eventually flows to the

Viaur The Viaur () is a river in south-western France. It is a left tributary of the Aveyron. Its source is in the southern Massif Central, north of Millau. It flows generally west through the following departments and towns: * Aveyron: Pont-de-Salars ...

at Castelpers.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of AlranceList of Mayors of France

Population

Sites and Monuments

*The

just south of the commune border provides power and water activities for the commune *The Church of Alrance and Church of La Capelle-Farcel *The Tower of Peyrebrune (a chapel and remains of a castle)

Notable People linked to the commune

*Jean-Baptiste Angles, a missionary in Japan.