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Auriac-Lagast is a
Auriac-Lagast is located some 27 km south of Rodez and 35 km north by north-east of
/ref> The ''Gladou'' river rises in the east of the commune and flows west, forming part of the western border as it then flows north to join the ''Céar'' south of Cassagnes-Bégonhès. The ''Hunargues'' and the ''Ruisseau des Gazelles'' also rise in the commune and flow west to join the Gladou in the commune. The ''Ruisseau du Lagast'' rises in the south-eastern corner of the commune and forms most of the eastern border as it flows north to join the ''Céor''. The ''Ruisseau de Miège Sole'' crosses the eastern arm of the commune and forms part of the northern border of the arm before continuing north to join the ''Ruisseau du Lagast'' just north of the commune.
List of Successive Mayors
Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Auriac-Lagast and Aveyron Department in 2017
Source: INSEEÉvolution et structure de la population en 2017: Commune d'Auriac-Lagast (12015)
/ref>Évolution et structure de la population en 2017: Département de l'Aveyron (12)
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*The Parish Church of Saint-Léonard of Auriac: its steeple was struck by lightning and restored.
*Moncan (private area)
*The Chateau of Randan (private property - owned by the family of Raymond Bonnefous)
Auriac-Lagast on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Auriac'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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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 ...
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The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Aurigastois'' or ''Aurigastoises''.
Geography
Auriac-Lagast is located some 27 km south of Rodez and 35 km north by north-east of 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 min ...
. Access to the commune is by the D522 road from Cassagnes-Bégonhès in the north-west, which passes through the heart of the commune and the village and continues south-east to Durenque. The D25 passes inside the eastern border of the commune as it goes from Salmiech 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 ...
. Apart from the village, there are the hamlets of:
*Belle Sagne,
*Belvezet,
*La Cailholie,
*Castanies,
*La Garde,
*Ginestous,
*La Malborie,
*Moncan,
*Saint-Leon,
*Le Roube,
*La Roque,
*Randan,
*Les Salettes,
The commune is almost entirely farmland with a few forests.Google Maps/ref> The ''Gladou'' river rises in the east of the commune and flows west, forming part of the western border as it then flows north to join the ''Céar'' south of Cassagnes-Bégonhès. The ''Hunargues'' and the ''Ruisseau des Gazelles'' also rise in the commune and flow west to join the Gladou in the commune. The ''Ruisseau du Lagast'' rises in the south-eastern corner of the commune and forms most of the eastern border as it flows north to join the ''Céor''. The ''Ruisseau de Miège Sole'' crosses the eastern arm of the commune and forms part of the northern border of the arm before continuing north to join the ''Ruisseau du Lagast'' just north of the commune.
Neighbouring communes and villages
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
Demography
In 2017 the commune had 229 inhabitants.
Distribution of Age Groups
Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Auriac-Lagast and Aveyron Department in 2017
Source: INSEEÉvolution et structure de la population en 2017: Commune d'Auriac-Lagast (12015)/ref>
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Sites and monuments
*The Parish Church of Saint-Léonard of Auriac: its steeple was struck by lightning and restored.
*Moncan (private area)
*The Chateau of Randan (private property - owned by the family of Raymond Bonnefous)
See also
*Communes of the Aveyron department
The following is a list of the 285 Communes of France, communes of the Aveyron Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):
Bibliography
*Christian-Pierre Bedel, preface by Bernard Destours, ''Cassanhas, Arviu, Auriac, Caumont, La Grand'Vila, Saumièg, Senta-Jaleda / Christian-Pierre Bedel e los estatjants del canton de Cassanhas'', Rodez, Mission départementale de la culture, 1996, Al canton collection, 240 pages, ill., cov. ill., 28 cm, , ISSN 1151-8375, BnF 366930046References
External links
Auriac-Lagast on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Auriac'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
{{DEFAULTSORT:Auriaclagast Communes of Aveyron