Balaguier-sur-Rance (; oc, Balaguièr de Rance) 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 ...

department in the

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region of southern

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Geography

Balaguier-sur-Rance is located some 32 km 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 ...

and just north of

Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance (, literally ''Saint-Sernin on Rance''; oc, Sent Sarnin) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Population Notable people * Victor of Aveyron, feral child, found in the commune on January 8, 180 ...

. The whole western border of the commune is the departmental boundary between

and Tarn. The commune is divided into two parts situated on either side of the Rance river. Balaguier le Maigre (the thin) or le Vieux (the old) is on the right bank with its houses clinging to a rocky outcrop that supported a fortified structure of which there remains no trace. On the left bank is Balaguier le Gras (the fat) with the church, the town hall, and a chateau from the 15th and 16th centuries. Both banks are connected by a stone bridge from the 15th century. Access to the commune is by the D33 road from Curvalle in the north-west which passes through the commune and the village and joins the D999 on the communal border then continues to Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance. The D999 passes through the south of the commune as it goes from Alban to Vabres-l'Abbaye.Google Maps
/ref> The ''Rance'' river flows through the centre of the commune from east to west where it continues north-west to join the Tarn east of

Trébas Trébas is a commune in the Tarn department and Occitanie region of southern France. See also *Communes of the Tarn department The following is a list of the 314 communes of the Tarn department of France. The communes cooperate in the fo ...

. Many tributaries rise in the commune on both banks of the Rance and flow into it.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Balaguiérois'' or ''Balaguiéroises'' in French.Le nom des habitants du 12 - Aveyron
habitants.fr

Sites and monuments

*A copy of a

menhir A menhir (from Brittonic languages: ''maen'' or ''men'', "stone" and ''hir'' or ''hîr'', "long"), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large human-made upright stone, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age. They can be found ...

statue found when working under the main road in the village. *A Chateau Keep from the 15th and 16th centuries.

Notable people linked to the commune

*Hippolyte Coste, born 20 December 1858 in Balaguier-sur-Rance at Mas d'Estioussès.

References

External links

Balaguier-sur-Rance on the old National Geographic Institute website

Balaguier-sur-Rance on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Balaguier'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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