La Canourgue

La Canourgue (Occitan: La Canorga) is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France. It is sometimes known in French as "La petite Venise lozérienne", the Little Venice of Lozère.

La Canourgue
The road through La Canourgue
Coat of arms
Location of La Canourgue
La Canourgue
La Canourgue
Coordinates: 44°26′01″N 3°12′56″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentLozère
ArrondissementMende
CantonLa Canourgue
IntercommunalityAubrac-Lot-Causse
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Claude Malzac[1]
Area
1
104.29 km2 (40.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[2]
2,161
  Density21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
48034 /48500
Elevation521–1,008 m (1,709–3,307 ft)
(avg. 563 m or 1,847 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The commune served as a location for the 2006 film A Good Year.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. Postcards from Provence. A Good Year DVD. 2007.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.