Aguessac

Aguessac is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

Aguessac
Commune
Chateau of Cabrières
Location of Aguessac
Aguessac
Aguessac
Coordinates: 44°09′27″N 3°05′57″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentAveyron
ArrondissementMillau
CantonMillau-2
IntercommunalityMillau Grands Causses
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Aimé Héral
Area
1
17.64 km2 (6.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
867
 • Density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
12002 /12520
Elevation367–869 m (1,204–2,851 ft)
(avg. 372 m or 1,220 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Nagassols or Nagassoles[2]

Geography

Aguessac is just south of the Massif Central and is located some 4 km north of Millau and 20 km south of Severac-le-Chateau. It can be accessed by the D29 road branching off the D911 in the west and continuing into the commune and south to the village. There is also the D809 coming from Millau in the south passing through the village and continuing north to join the A75 autoroute. The D907 goes north-east from the village to Riviere-sur-Tarn and the D167 goes west by a tortuous mountain route to Saint-Germain. The famous Millau Viaduct (Viaduc de la Garrigue) is on the A75 autoroute immediately to the west of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and high country farmland.[3]

There are many streams flowing through the commune: the Ruisseau de Malbose forms the northern border of the commune, the Lumansonesque forms the eastern border flowing into the Tarn which forms the southern part of the eastern border. The Lumansonesque is fed by the Barbade with its numerous tributaries which forms part of the western border before flowing across the commune and joining the Lumansonesque.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Aguessac

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1926
FromToName
17931795Guillaume Assayrous
17951799Alexandre Baldet
18001806Jean Amans Barascut
18071816Jean Joseph Quezac
18161822Jean Magloire
18231827Jean Antoine Fabre
18261829Jean Baptiste Colliere
18291830François Julien
18301836Jean-Joseph Quezac
18361840Camille Triadou
18401847Jean-Joseph Quezac
18471848Camille Triadou
18481852Jean-Antoine Alegre
18521865Jean-Pierre Decombis
18651876René Demnes
18761878Victor Vivier
18781881Jean-Joseph Demnes
18811884Jean-Joseph Quezac
18841904Sylvain Baldeyrou
19041912Camille Benoit
19121925Louis Rascalou
19251926Amédé Baldeyrou
Mayors from 1926
FromToNamePartyPosition
19261947Victor Arlabosse
19471959Paul Bringuier
19591965Jules Fau
19651977Julien de Roquetaillade
19771983Louis Vales
19831989Julien de Roquetaillade
19891995Louis Vales
19952008Jacques Commayras
2008CurrentAimé Heral

(Not all data is known)

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 575—    
1800 629+1.29%
1831 748+0.56%
1836 771+0.61%
1841 763−0.21%
1846 773+0.26%
1851 760−0.34%
1856 747−0.34%
1861 789+1.10%
1866 822+0.82%
1872 753−1.45%
1876 1,165+11.53%
1881 786−7.57%
1886 775−0.28%
1891 709−1.76%
1896 644−1.90%
1901 668+0.73%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 686+0.53%
1911 631−1.66%
1921 597−0.55%
1926 579−0.61%
1931 645+2.18%
1936 608−1.17%
1946 596−0.20%
1954 712+2.25%
1962 731+0.33%
1968 709−0.51%
1975 714+0.10%
1982 615−2.11%
1990 811+3.52%
1999 833+0.30%
2007 842+0.13%
2012 858+0.38%
2017 867+0.21%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE[5]

Distribution of Age Groups

The population of the commune of Aguessac is younger than average for the department of Aveyron.

Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Aguessac and Aveyron Department in 2017

AguessacAveyron
Age RangeMenWomenMenWomen
0 to 14 Years22.016.416.114.7
15 to 29 Years13.812.314.612.3
30 to 44 Years18.520.916.615.9
45 to 59 Years24.027.621.320.5
60 to 74 Years14.413.220.120.1
75 to 89 Years6.58.510.213.8
90 Years+0.71.01.12.7

Source: INSEE[6][7]

Economy

The economy of the commune is agricultural and characterized by traditional agriculture based on farming for the production of calves and lambs for fattening. There are twelve farms in this commune.

Sites and monuments
  • The Chateau of Cabrières

Notable people linked to the commune
  • Emma Calvé (1858-1942) at the height of her fame bought the Chateau of Cabrières in 1884 before selling it to a manufacturer of gloves a few years later.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Inhabitants of Aveyron (in French)
  3. Google Maps
  4. Données Cassini, EHESS
  5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. Évolution et structure de la population en 2017: Commune d'Aguessac (12002)
  7. Évolution et structure de la population en 2017: Département de l'Aveyron (12)
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