Aguessac

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Aguessac
Chateau of Cabrières
Aguessac
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region Aguessac
Coordinates: 44°09′27″N 3°05′57″E / 44.1575°N 3.0992°E / 44.1575; 3.0992Coordinates: 44°09′27″N 3°05′57″E / 44.1575°N 3.0992°E / 44.1575; 3.0992
Country	France
Region	Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Millau
Canton	Millau-Est
Intercommunality	Millau Grands Causses
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Aimé Heral
Area
• Land¹	17.64 km² (6.81 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Population²	860
• Population² Density	49/km² (130/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	12002 / 12520
Elevation	367–869 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. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Aguessac is a French commune in the Aveyron department in the Midi-Pyrénées region of southern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Nagassols or Nagassoles^[1]

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.

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 river 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.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Aguessac

Compregnac

Millau

La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Aguessac

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2008	Jacques Commayras
2008	2014	Aimé Heral

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010, the commune had 860 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Evolution of the Population (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
575	629	-	-	748	771	763	773	760

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
747	789	822	753	1,165	786	775	709	644

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
668	686	631	597	579	645	608	596	712

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
731	709	714	615	811	833	832	860	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Distribution of Age Groups

The gender and age of the population of the Aguessac commune in 2009 and, comparatively, that of the department of Aveyron in the same year are represented in the following table. The population of the commune was 53.6% men and 46.4% women in 2009. It has a structure on average slightly younger than the population of metropolitan France. There are in fact 117 young people under 20 years old for every 100 people over 60 years (giving a youth index of 1.17), while for France the youth index, which is equal to the division of the share of less than 20 years the share of the of 60 years, is 1.06. The Youth Index for the commune is also higher than for the department (0.67) and for of the region (0.89).

Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Aguessac and Aveyron Department in 2009

	Aguessac	Aguessac	Aveyron	Aveyron
Age Range	Men	Women	Men	Women
0 to 14 Years	22.9	17.0	16.7	15.1
15 to 29 Years	14.1	12.8	15.1	13.4
30 to 44 Years	22.9	22.0	18.9	17.8
45 to 59 Years	21.4	24.2	21.6	20.3
60 to 74 Years	10.1	11.1	16.9	17.5
75 to 89 Years	8.6	11.4	10.2	14.2
90 Years+	0.0	1.5	0.6	1.7

Sources:

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

Cabrières Castle

Notable people linked to the commune

Emma Calvé (1858-1942) at the height of her fame bought, in 1884, Cabrières Castle before selling it to a manufacturer of gloves a few years later.

Notes and references

Notes

↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force in 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

↑ Inhabitants of Aveyron (French)
↑ 2.0 2.1 Google Maps

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