Aguessac

Aguessac (French pronunciation: [aɡsak]; Occitan: Agaçac) is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

Aguessac
Commune
Chateau of Cabrières
Location of Aguessac
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Coordinates: 44°09′27″N 3°05′57″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Millau
Canton	Millau-2
Intercommunality	Millau Grands Causses
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Anne Pailhas[1]
Area 1	17.64 km2 (6.81 sq mi)
Population  (2022-01-01)[2]	924
• Density	52.4/km2 (136/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

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.^[3]

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 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.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Aguessac

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1926

From	To	Name
1793	1795	Guillaume Assayrous
1795	1799	Alexandre Baldet
1800	1806	Jean Amans Barascut
1807	1816	Jean Joseph Quezac
1816	1822	Jean Magloire
1823	1827	Jean Antoine Fabre
1826	1829	Jean Baptiste Colliere
1829	1830	François Julien
1830	1836	Jean-Joseph Quezac
1836	1840	Camille Triadou
1840	1847	Jean-Joseph Quezac
1847	1848	Camille Triadou
1848	1852	Jean-Antoine Alegre
1852	1865	Jean-Pierre Decombis
1865	1876	René Demnes
1876	1878	Victor Vivier
1878	1881	Jean-Joseph Demnes
1881	1884	Jean-Joseph Quezac
1884	1904	Sylvain Baldeyrou
1904	1912	Camille Benoit
1912	1925	Louis Rascalou
1925	1926	Amédé Baldeyrou

Mayors from 1926

From	To	Name
1926	1947	Victor Arlabosse
1947	1959	Paul Bringuier
1959	1965	Jules Fau
1965	1977	Julien de Roquetaillade
1977	1983	Louis Vales
1983	1989	Julien de Roquetaillade
1989	1995	Louis Vales
1995	2008	Jacques Commayras
2008	2020	Aimé Heral
2020	2026	Anne Pailhas

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Nagassols or Nagassoles in French.^[4]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 575 —     1800 629 +1.29% 1831 748 +0.56% 1836 771 +0.61% 1841 763 −0.21% 1846 773 +0.26% 1851 760 −0.34% 1856 747 −0.34% 1861 789 +1.10% 1866 822 +0.82% 1872 753 −1.45% 1876 1,165 +11.53% 1881 786 −7.57% 1886 775 −0.28% 1891 709 −1.76% 1896 644 −1.90% 1901 668 +0.73%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 686 +0.53% 1911 631 −1.66% 1921 597 −0.55% 1926 579 −0.61% 1931 645 +2.18% 1936 608 −1.17% 1946 596 −0.20% 1954 712 +2.25% 1962 731 +0.33% 1968 709 −0.51% 1975 714 +0.10% 1982 615 −2.11% 1990 811 +3.52% 1999 833 +0.30% 2007 842 +0.13% 2012 858 +0.38% 2017 867 +0.21%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6]

Distribution of Age Groups

The population of the commune of Aguessac is younger than average for the department of Aveyron.

Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Aguessac and Aveyron Department in 2017

	Aguessac		Aveyron
Age Range	Men	Women	Men	Women
0 to 14 Years	22.0	16.4	16.1	14.7
15 to 29 Years	13.8	12.3	14.6	12.3
30 to 44 Years	18.5	20.9	16.6	15.9
45 to 59 Years	24.0	27.6	21.3	20.5
60 to 74 Years	14.4	13.2	20.1	20.1
75 to 89 Years	6.5	8.5	10.2	13.8
90 Years+	0.7	1.0	1.1	2.7

Source: INSEE^[6][7]

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

• The Chateau of Cabrières

Notable people linked to the commune

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

See also

• Cantons of the Aveyron department