Alrance
Commune
The town hall and church in Alrance
The town hall and church in Alrance
Location of Alrance
Alrance is located in France
Alrance
Alrance
Alrance is located in Occitanie
Alrance
Alrance
Coordinates: 44°07′57″N 2°41′03″E / 44.1325°N 2.6842°E / 44.1325; 2.6842
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAveyron
ArrondissementMillau
CantonRaspes et Lévezou
IntercommunalityLévézou Pareloup
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Bernard Cluzel[1]
Area
1
35.43 km2 (13.68 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
339
 • Density9.6/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
12006 /12430
Elevation719–971 m (2,359–3,186 ft)
(avg. 735 m or 2,411 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Alrance (French pronunciation: [alʁɑ̃s]; Occitan: Alrança) is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Alrançais or Alrançaises[3]

Geography

Alrance is located some 30 km west of Millau and about 50 km north-east of Albi. The commune can be accessed by the D56 road which runs north-east from Durenque and intersects the road D25 in the commune. It continues north through the commune to Arvieu. The D25 comes south-east from Salmiech through most of the length of the commune and continues south-east to Villefranche-de-Panat. Access to the village is from the north-east on road D659 which runs off the D577 south of the Lac de Pareloup. The D659 runs south-west and ends at the village. The D528 also runs off the D25 in the south of the commune to the village.[4]

The commune is mostly farmland with some forest and covered by many country roads. There are a number of other hamlets and villages in the commune. These are:

  • L'Adrech
  • Bonneguide
  • Boussinesq
  • Le Bouviale
  • La Capelle Farcel
  • La Coste
  • Las Fenials
  • Flauvelou
  • Fretanels
  • Le Jouanesq
  • Lacan
  • Le Mas Nespoulous
  • Le Mas Viala
  • Le Mas Vialet
  • Montcouzac
  • Nazareth
  • La Niade
  • Pentezac
  • Peyrebrune
  • La Rouquette
  • Le Sales
  • La Vacaresse

A number of streams rise in the commune and flow to the Lac de Villefranche-de-Panat at the southern border of the commune. The streams include L'Alrance, Ruisseau du Lagasi, and several others. Some streams rise in the north of the commune and flow northwards eventually joining the river Céor which eventually flows to the Viaur at Castelpers.[4]

Neighbouring communes and villages

[4]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Alrance[5]

FromToName
18441856Jean Joseph Terral
18561860Adrien Seguret
18611862Jean-Antoine Barthe
18621864Jean-Joseph Terral
18641870Jean-Antoine Barthe
18701871François Gisquet
18711878Joseph Gagraud
18781916Adolphe Gagraud
19161919Léopold Gautier
19191934Adolphe Gagraud
19341953Paul Serin
19531959Gabriel Gintrand
19591971Edouard Galtier
19711977Auguste Fabre
19772001Hubert Bonnefous
20012008Jacques Montrozier
20082020Jean-Pierre Drulhe
20202026Bernard Cluzel

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 625—    
1975 550−1.81%
1982 528−0.58%
1990 468−1.50%
1999 417−1.27%
2007 382−1.09%
2012 383+0.05%
2017 358−1.34%
Source: INSEE[6]

Sites and Monuments

The Tower of Peyrebrune.
  • The Lac de Villefranche-de-Panat just south of the commune border provides power and water activities for the commune
  • The Church of Alrance and Church of La Capelle-Farcel
  • The Tower of Peyrebrune (a chapel and remains of a castle)

Notable People linked to the commune

  • Jean-Baptiste Angles, a missionary in Japan.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Inhabitants of Aveyron (in French)
  4. 1 2 3 Google Maps
  5. ↑ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  6. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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