Saint-Chély-d'Apcher
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Commune of Saint-Chély-d'Apcher |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Lozère |
| Arrondissement | Mende |
| Canton | Saint-Chély-d'Apcher (chief town) |
| Mayor | Pierre Lafont (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 935 m–1,126 m (avg. 993 m) |
| Land area¹ | 28.26 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
4,316 |
| - Density | 153/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 48140/ 48200 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Saint-Chély-d'Apcher is a commune in France, located in the départment of Lozère and the Languedoc-Roussillon région. The town is twinned with Tadcaster in England. Its inhabitants are called Barabans. This name was allotted to the inhabitants of Saint Chély d'Apcher during the Hundred Years' War. In 1363, the town was attacked by the English. The inhabitants defended themselves with bars, and advanced towards the attacking English army to the cry of "barres en avant" ("bars ahead").
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[edit] Geography
Saint Chély d'Apcher is located at the centre of the Gévaudan area, between Aubrac and Margeride.
[edit] Monuments and tourist areas
[edit] Remarkable buildings and public places
Saint Chély d'Apcher has a bell tower without a church and a church without a bell tower.
[edit] Religious buildings
The bell tower of the town is also the old town keep.
[edit] Museums
- Le musée des papillons (Museum of butterflies) contains more than 2700 species of butterfly.
[edit] Others
Saint Chély d'Apcher is a popular area for ornithologists, due to wide variety of both rural- and urban-dwelling birds that can be seen. Local dancing involves cartwheels, stamping and clapping, whilst men wear smocks and women wear traditional layered dresses.
[edit] Industry
The town has a long-standing iron foundry, owned by the ArcelorMittal group. It comprises production lines for rolling, annealing and scouring, and it also manufactures steel.
[edit] Higher education and research
Saint Chély d'Apcher has a college where it is possible to take a course in BTSA management and nature conservation. The college also proposes to offer a course in electronic and mechanical design and manufacture.
[edit] Transport
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