Auriac-Lagast

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Auriac-Lagast
Commune
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Auriac-Lagast is located in France
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Auriac-Lagast is located in Occitanie
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Coordinates: 44°08′50″N 2°34′52″E / 44.1472°N 2.5811°E / 44.1472; 2.5811
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAveyron
ArrondissementMillau
CantonMonts du Réquistanais
IntercommunalityCC Réquistanais
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Yves Latieule[1]
Area
1
30.76 km2 (11.88 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
228
 • Density7.41/km2 (19.2/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
12015 /12120
Elevation574–930 m (1,883–3,051 ft)
(avg. 680 m or 2,230 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Auriac-Lagast is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

Geography

A street in Auriac-Lagast

Auriac-Lagast is located some 27 km south of Rodez and 35 km north by north-east of Carmaux. Access to the commune is by the D522 road from Cassagnes-Bégonhès in the north-west, which passes through the heart of the commune and the village and continues south-east to Durenque. The D25 passes inside the eastern border of the commune as it goes from Salmiech to Villefranche-de-Panat. Apart from the village, there are the hamlets of:

  • Belle Sagne,
  • Belvezet,
  • La Cailholie,
  • Castanies,
  • La Garde,
  • Ginestous,
  • La Malborie,
  • Moncan,
  • Saint-Leon,
  • Le Roube,
  • La Roque,
  • Randan,
  • Les Salettes,

The commune is almost entirely farmland with a few forests.[3]

The Gladou river rises in the east of the commune and flows west, forming part of the western border as it then flows north to join the Céar south of Cassagnes-Bégonhès. The Hunargues and the Ruisseau des Gazelles also rise in the commune and flow west to join the Gladou in the commune. The Ruisseau du Lagast rises in the south-eastern corner of the commune and forms most of the eastern border as it flows north to join the Céor. The Ruisseau de Miège Sole crosses the eastern arm of the commune and forms part of the northern border of the arm before continuing north to join the Ruisseau du Lagast just north of the commune.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

[3]

Administration

Auriac-Lagast Community Hall

List of Successive Mayors[4]

FromToName
18331837Etienne Moudon
18371838Adolphe Bonnefous
18381848Hercule Bonnefous
18481853Marie Henri Régis Bonnefous
18531865Raymond Seguret
18651883Henri Urbain Molnier
20012008Yves Letieule
20082014Jean Garrigues
20142026Yves Latieule

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aurigastois or Aurigastoises in French.[5]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 422—    
1836 533+0.54%
1851 552+0.23%
1872 616+0.52%
1901 615−0.01%
1926 593−0.15%
1946 652+0.48%
1954 558−1.93%
1962 524−0.78%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 524+0.00%
1975 425−2.95%
1982 385−1.40%
1990 315−2.48%
1999 280−1.30%
2007 262−0.83%
2012 234−2.24%
2017 229−0.43%
2023 228−0.07%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]
Auriac-Lagast War Memorial
Auriac-Lagast General View

Sites and monuments

The Church of Saint-Léonard of Auriac
  • The Parish Church of Saint-Léonard of Auriac: its steeple was struck by lightning and restored.
  • Moncan (private area)
  • The Chateau of Randan (private property - owned by the family of Raymond Bonnefous)

See also

Bibliography

  • Christian-Pierre Bedel, preface by Bernard Destours, Cassanhas, Arviu, Auriac, Caumont, La Grand'Vila, Saumièg, Senta-Jaleda / Christian-Pierre Bedel e los estatjants del canton de Cassanhas, Rodez, Mission départementale de la culture, 1996, Al canton collection, 240 pages, ill., cov. ill., 28 cm, ISBN 2-907279-30-0, ISSN 1151-8375, BnF 366930046 (in Occitan and French)

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. Google Maps
  4. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  5. Le nom des habitants du 12 - Aveyron, habitants.fr
  6. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Auriac-Lagast, EHESS (in French).
  7. Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE