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 inhabitan ...
France
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. The village was in the ancient province of Rouergue where they spoke in the ''rouergat'' patois of Occitan.
Geography
The commune is on the southern edge of the
Massif Central
The (; oc, Massís Central, ; literally ''"Central Massif"'') is a highland region in south-central France, consisting of mountains and plateaus. It covers about 15% of mainland France.
Subject to volcanism that has subsided in the last 10,0 ...
. The hamlets to the north have commanding views of the Cevennes and the
Millau Viaduct
The Millau Viaduct (french: Viaduc de Millau, ) is a multispan cable-stayed bridge completed in 2004 across the gorge valley of the Tarn near (west of) Millau in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie Region, in Southern France. The design t ...
, which is to the west. The commune is approached along the D200 which connects it to the
A75 autoroute
The A75 is an '' autoroute'' (motorway
A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, mo ...
. The D200 runs alongside the Tarn which has been dammed and provides the power for two hydro-electric generating plants, Jourdanie and
Le Pouget
Le Pouget (; oc, Lo Poget) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. It contains the Gallardet dolmen.
Geography
Le Pouget is situated on the sides of two valleys, Aumelas and Clermont L'Hérault. The ...
.
Economy
The economy is rural and traditionally was based on the raising of sheep to produce milk for sheep cheeses such as
Roquefort
Roquefort is a sheep milk cheese from Southern France, and is one of the world's best known blue cheeses. Though similar cheeses are produced elsewhere, EU law dictates that only those cheeses aged in the natural Combalou caves of Roquefort-sur ...
. The agriculture has diversified into the raising of
veal
Veal is the meat of calves, in contrast to the beef from older cattle. Veal can be produced from a calf of either sex and any breed, however most veal comes from young male calves of dairy breeds which are not used for breeding. Generally, v ...
The Tarn has been dammed there and electricity is generated by two
Kaplan turbine
The Kaplan turbine is a propeller-type water turbine which has adjustable blades. It was developed in 1913 by Austrian professor Viktor Kaplan, who combined automatically adjusted propeller blades with automatically adjusted wicket gates to ach ...
s producing 27 KW.Hydroweb Pouget , French, accessed 2012-09-26
Le Pouget
Adjacent to the Barrage du Truel at 275 metres, is the Le Pouget power station. It is powered by waters from the Lévézou plateau delivered by
penstock
A penstock is a sluice or gate or intake structure that controls water flow, or an enclosed pipe that delivers water to hydro turbines and sewerage systems. The term is inherited from the earlier technology of mill ponds and watermills.
H ...
s from the
Lac de Villefranche-de-Panat
Lac de Villefranche-de-Panat () is a lake in Aveyron, France. At an elevation of 727 m, its surface area is 1.92 km².
It lies in the communes of Villefranche-de-Panat and Alrance.
Description
The Lac de Villefranche-de-Panat is part of an e ...
and the
Lac de Saint-Amans
Lac de Saint-Amans is an reservoir, artificial lake in Le Truel, Aveyron, France close to Villefranche-de-Panat, and 500m above the Tarn (river), Tarn. At an elevation of 727 m, it has surface area of 0.11 km². It is captured by the Barrage d ...
both at 727 m. Le Pouget delivers 440 MW.
Population
Gallery
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