Baraqueville (; oc, La Barraca de Fraisse) is a

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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 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 ''Baraquevillois'' or ''Baraquevilloises''.

Geography

Baraqueville is located some 10 km south-west of

Rodez Rodez ( or ; oc, Rodés, ) is a small city and commune in the South of France, about 150 km northeast of Toulouse. It is the prefecture of the department of Aveyron, region of Occitania (formerly Midi-Pyrénées). Rodez is the seat of the ...

and 30 km east of

Villefranche-de-Rouergue Villefranche-de-Rouergue (; oc, Vilafranca de Roergue ) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Villefranche-de-Rouergue station has rail connections to Toulouse, Figeac and Aurillac. History At the end of the Albigensian ...

. Access to the commune is by

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N88 from Rodez in the north-east which passes through the commune and the town then continues south to

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 D57 goes north from the town, changing to the D991 at the communal border, and continues west to Rieupeyroux. The D546 branches off the D57 and goes west to Boussac. The D38 branches off the N88 and goes south-west to join the D997 south-west of the commune. The D507 goes south from the town to

Camboulazet Camboulazet (; oc, Cambolaset) is a Communes of France, commune in the Aveyron Departments of France, department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aveyron department References

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. The D624 branches off the N88 in the north-east of the commune and goes north-east to

Luc-la-Primaube Luc-la-Primaube (; oc, Luc) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France, in Occitanie, 10 kilometres south of Rodez. Its inhabitants are called Lucois or Primaubois, after the two towns in the commune, Luc and La Primaube, which ...

. There is also a railway passing through the commune from south to north-east with a station at La Cazalets.

Baraqueville-Carcenac-Peyralès station Baraqueville-Carcenac-Peyralès is a railway station in Baraqueville, Occitanie, France. The station is located on the Castelnaudary – Rodez railway line. The station is served by TER (local) services operated by SNCF The Société nation ...

has rail connections to Toulouse and Rodez. Apart from the town there are the hamlets of: *Baracque de Fraysse *Les Bastries *Les Cazalets *Les Crouzets *Les Fenials *Le Fieu *Les Hems *Les Hivernoirs *Les Jonquieres *Lax *Marengo *Monteils *La Plaine *Saint Julien *Salayrac *Les Sapins d'Argent *La Valiere *Volpillac *Vors Apart from the significant sized urban area the commune is almost all farmland.Google Maps
/ref> The Aveyron river forms the northern border of the commune as it flows west to eventually join the Tarn near

Meauzac Meauzac (; oc, Meusac) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France. History Meauzac has a vivid history spanning from the Roman era to the modern day. It started out when a Gallo-Roman villa was buil ...

. The ''Plan d'Eau du Val de Lenne'' (Val de Lenne Lake) just north of the town is the source for several streams including the ''Lenne'' which flows north-east forming part of the north-western border and continues north to join the Aveyron. The ''Ruisseau de Congorbes'' flows south forming the south-western border of the commune and continuing south to join the Viaur north-west of Fonbonne. The ''Ruisseau de Couffignal'' rises in the west of the commune and flows west to join the ''Lézert'' south-west of Boussac. The ''Trégou'' flows from the south-east and forms the north-eastern border of the commune as it flows north-west to join the Aveyron. The ''Ruisseau des Etangs'' rises in the east of the commune and flows north-east to join the Trégou. The ''Ruisseau de Malrieu'' rises east of the town and flows south, forming the south-eastern border of the commune as it continues to join the ''Ruisseau de la Nauze'' south-east of

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Neighbouring communes and villages

History

The commune of Baraqueville was created on 1 January 1973 from the merger of the former communes of ''Carcenac-Peyralès'' and ''Vors''.

Antiquity

From the Roman period the Fountain of Vors (709 m above sea level) supplied Rodez with water by a water supply system 30 km long which is at first underground then by aqueduct. In a direct line the distance is only 12 km. There was also a

Roman road Roman roads ( la, viae Romanae ; singular: ; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Re ...

following the

Ségala The Ségala (; oc, Segalar) is a geographical region that straddles the border between the departments of Aveyron and Tarn, in the Occitanie region of southern France. It is known as the land of a hundred valleys- and traditionally grew the grai ...

ridge.

Modern Era

From the middle of the 18th century the Carcenac-Peyralès staging post located on Royal Road No. 5 linking Toulouse to Lyon was retained, This was not a busy road and probably had a strategic interest. Carcenac-Peyralès was also on Royal Road No. 3 which linked

Montauban Montauban (, ; oc, Montalban ) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department, region of Occitania, Southern France. It is the capital of the department and lies north of Toulouse. Montauban is the most populated town in Tarn-et-Garonne, an ...

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

via

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 ...

Contemporary Era

*1810: Construction of the Baraque de Fraysse. Royal Roads 3 and 5 were used by horse riders, tilburies, ox carts, and coaches. During their journey, these people needed to rest, eat, and change horses. To respond to this need Mr. Fraysse built a "baraque" or house at the current location of the Palous hotel and restaurant. The expansion of the Baraque de Fraysse was very slow since in 1866 there were only 15 inhabitants (whereas Moyrazès had 2,300). *1903: Construction of the railway between

Carmaux Carmaux (; oc, Carmauç) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Industries The Compagnie minière de Carmaux has its origins in a coal mining concession granted in 1852 to Gabriel de Solages, which became the Compagnie minièr ...

and Rodez. Ségala land is very acid so it was necessary to import lime for fertilizer. Before the railway lime was transported on ox carts. Once the Carmaux-Rodez rail link was completed, lime could be brought either from Rodez or Carmaux (Ségala is surrounded by

Causses The Causses () are a group of limestone plateaus (700–1,200 m) in the Massif Central. They are bordered to the north-west by the Limousin and the Périgord uplands, and to the east by the Aubrac and the Cévennes. Large river gorges cut through ...

(limestone plateaux) to the east and west). From 1906 fairs were held monthly. Some tradesmen settled beside of the main road. The postal administration asked for identification of the hamlet and the Mayor of Vors chose "Baraqueville". *Between 1920 and 1931. Baraqueville became prosperous due to potato growing. 30 to 40 wagons of potatoes were despatched daily from the Baraqueville-Carcenac-Peyralès railway station. The 1929 stock market crash on Wall Street had a devastating impact on the world in general and in particular on the Ségala region. Nevertheless, it was during this period that the

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was built along Route nationale N88. *1973: Creation of the commune of Baraqueville. André Rudelle (Mayor of Vors) and Joseph Lutran (Mayor of Carcenac-Peyralès) gave way to Jacques Boubal, the first mayor of the commune of Baraqueville.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive

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Demography

In 2017 the commune had 3,142 inhabitants.

Facilities

Education

*The Georges Brassens public Kindergarten and elementary school *The Carcenac-Peyralès public Kindergarten and elementary school *The Lax public Kindergarten and elementary school *The Albert Camus public College *The private College of Notre Dame

Cultural events and festivities

*A Flea market on the 2nd Sunday of every month

Notable people linked to the commune

Bruno Granier Bruno R.C. Granier is Professor of Geology at the University of Brest (France) (also locally referred to as the Université de Bretagne Occidentale), a post he held in 2004. He is the author of over 90 scientific papers. He is also editor of the ...

, University Professor, a specialist in

sedimentology Sedimentology encompasses the study of modern sediments such as sand, silt, and clay, and the processes that result in their formation (erosion and weathering), transport, deposition and diagenesis. Sedimentologists apply their understanding of mo ...

of carbonates and micro-

paleontology Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...

. He found several new

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of fossil algae (for whom his colleagues have named the genus and species). In 2002 he founded an internet scientific journalCarnets Geol. website
/ref> which is published on ''Open Access'': the main themes are sedimentology,

stratigraphy Stratigraphy is a branch of geology concerned with the study of rock (geology), rock layers (Stratum, strata) and layering (stratification). It is primarily used in the study of sedimentary rock, sedimentary and layered volcanic rocks. Stratigrap ...

, and paleontology. *Raymond Lacombe (1929-2002), Mayor of Camboulazet, French share farmer on a 35 hectare dairy farm in Baraqueville.

References

External links

Baraqueville official website

Brocante, Baraqueville Flea Market

Baraqueville on the old National Geographic Institute website

Baraqueville on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Carcenac'', ''Peyroles'', and ''Vors'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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