Auriac-Lagast

Auriac-Lagast
The road into Auriac-Lagast
Auriac-Lagast
Location within Occitanie region  Auriac-Lagast
Coordinates: 44°08′50″N 2°34′52″E / 44.1472°N 2.5811°ECoordinates: 44°08′50″N 2°34′52″E / 44.1472°N 2.5811°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Rodez
Canton	Cassagnes-Bégonhès
Intercommunality	Viaur Céor Lagast
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Yves Latieule
Area^1	30.76 km^2 (11.88 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	241
• Density	7.8/km^2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	12015 / 12120
Elevation	574–930 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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aurigastois or Aurigastoises.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Administration

Auriac-Lagast Community Hall

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1833	1837	Etienne Moudon
1837	1838	Adolphe Bonnefous
1838	1848	Hercule Bonnefous
1848	1853	Marie Henri Régis Bonnefous
1853	1865	Raymond Seguret
1865	1883	Henri Urbain Molnier
2001	2008	Yves Letieule
2008	2014	Jean Garrigues
2014	2020	Yves Latieule

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 241 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from 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]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
422	531	-	-	-	533	648	571	552

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
527	538	585	616	583	614	600	612	620

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
615	617	608	584	593	636	659	652	558

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
524	524	425	385	315	280	265	241	-

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

Auriac-Lagast War Memorial

Distribution of Age Groups

Auriac-Lagast General View

Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Auriac-Lagast and Aveyron Department in 2010

	Auriac	Auriac	Aveyron	Aveyron
Age Range	Men	Women	Men	Women
0 to 14 Years	11.8	14.6	16.7	15.0
15 to 29 Years	14.5	18.0	14.8	13.2
30 to 44 Years	12.7	10.6	18.6	17.4
45 to 59 Years	29.1	23.6	21.4	20.3
60 to 74 Years	14.5	16.3	17.4	17.8
75 to 89 Years	17.3	19.5	10.4	14.4
90 Years+	0.0	1.6	0.6	1.8

Sources:

• Evolution and Structure of the population of the Commune in 2010, INSEE.
• Evolution and Structure of the population of the Department in 2010, INSEE.

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

• Communes of the Aveyron department

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 (Occitan) (French)

External links

• Auriac-Lagast on Lion1906
• Auriac-Lagast on Google Maps
• Auriac-Lagast on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Auriac on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Auriac-Lagast on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Notes and references

Notes

1. 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" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes 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 on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

1. Inhabitants of Aveyron (French)
2. Google Maps
3. List of Mayors of France (French)