Anglars-Saint-Félix (

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: ''Anglars de Rinhac'') is a commune in the Aveyron

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in the

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region of southern France.

Geography

Anglars-Saint-Félix is located some 20 km north-east of

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and 30 km west by north-west of

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. It can be accessed by road D1 from Lanuéjouls to the village which then continues to the eastern border of the commune where it changes to the D994 and continues east to

. There is also the D61 road from

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in the south to the village then continuing north to join the D994 west of

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. The D156 also goes from the village to

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in the west. Apart from the village there are also the hamlets of: *Anglares *Aubignac *La Bezonie *La Bonnaurie *Le Bruel *La Carreyrie *Lespeliguie *Linrezie *La Remise *Revel *Saint-Felix *Segala *Le Tronc The rest of the commune is entirely farmland.Google Maps
/ref> The commune is traversed by the ''Alzou'' river through the centre from east to west. Many tributaries join the Alzou including the ''Ruisseau de la Besade'' from the north, the ''Ruisseau de Filloise'' and the ''Ruisseau de Carbonnieres'' from the south.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Administration

List of Successive Mayors Anglars-Saint-Felix Mairie

;Mayors from 1929

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Anglélixois'' or ''Anglélixoises'' in French. Anglars-Saint-Felix Wayside Cross

Sites and Monuments

*The Church of Saint Clair has three items that are registered as historical objects: **A

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(17th century) **A Stoup (17th century) **A Cabinet for the baptismal font (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy

Cultural events and festivities

The village fair is held on the first Sunday of June. For 23 years, as part of its votive festival, the village of Anglars has transformed into a living museum. 250 extras dress at this time for an afternoon to reenact life a century ago. There is also the revival of old crafts, scenes of life, typical characters in the life of a village, teams of oxen, horses, baking bread etc. To see this reconstruction viewers move through the village from scene to scene and at any time can become actors. Admission is free. In 2013 about 7,000 people came to the festival with 5,000 on the Sunday. Each time of year had its activities: haymaking and threshing in summer; cider, chestnuts and corn in the autumn; in the evening: ''frittons'' and hemp work in winter, sheep shearing and Palm Sunday blessings in spring. Fifty skits depict these events and also old trades and essential works that are made every year. The musical program is varied throughout the weekend: traditional dancing and a concert with ''Brick a drac'' (Festive Occitan) on Friday, ''banda'' and dancing with the band Utopia (variety rock) on Saturday, and ''Escloupeto'' (folk group) accordion orchestra with David Firmin and a recital by Andre Roques (the author of "My Aveyron") with their singer on Sunday. All concerts are free including the show on Sunday.

References

External links

Photos from the 18th Anglars Fair (2008)

Anglars-Saint-Félix on the National Geographic Institute website

Anglars-Saint-Félix on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Anglars'' and ''St. Felix de Rignac'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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