Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Coordinates: 44°35′29″N 2°55′19″E / 44.5913888889, 2.92194444444

Commune of Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac

View of Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac

Location
Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac (France)
Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac
Administration
Country France
Region Midi-Pyrénées
Department Aveyron
Arrondissement Rodez
Canton Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac
Mayor Jean-Claude Fontanier
Statistics
Elevation 560 m–1,405 m
Land area¹ 78.65 km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 12214/ 12470
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
France

Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac is a commune in the Aveyron département in southern France, about 7 kilometers from Aubrac.

Contents

[edit] Location

The town is in a large and beautiful green valley on the GR 65, the Way of Saint James pilgrim route. When travelling on the long distance footpath, Saint Chély d'Aubrac is the next town after Aubrac. Going down a wild, wooded valley, the walker discovers this little town in a large clearing and comes into the town by the old bridge with its pilgrim's cross, like the pilgrims of the past.

[edit] Landscape

The town has been a member of the Natura 2000 network since August 2006. It hosts an annual chess festival.

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

[edit] Cooking

[edit] Annual chess festival