Vabres-l'Abbaye (; oc, Vabre de l'Abadiá) 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 of ...
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in southern
France
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.
Geography
The village lies in the northern part of the commune, on the right bank of the
Dourdou de Camarès
The Dourdou de Camarès (, literally ''Dourdou of Camarès''; oc, Dordon de Camarés) is an long river in the Tarn, Hérault and Aveyron departments in southern France. Its source is in the Parc naturel régional du Haut-Languedoc, in the com ...
, which flows north through the middle of the commune and forms part of its northern border, where it is joined by the
Sorgues
Sorgues (; oc, Sòrgas) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. The river Ouvèze, a tributary of the Rhône, as well as its tributary Sorgue, which begins at the Fontaine de ...
.
Population
See also
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Communes of the Aveyron department
The following is a list of the 285 communes of the Aveyron department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):[List of medieval bridges in France
The list of medieval bridges in France comprises all bridges built between 500 and 1500 AD in what is today France, that is including regions which were not part of the country in the Middle Ages, such as Burgundy, Alsace, Lorraine and Savoie. ...]
References
Communes of Aveyron
Aveyron communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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