Alrance
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Alrance Alrança |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Aveyron | |
| Arrondissement | Millau | |
| Canton | Raspes et Lévezou | |
| Community association | Lévézou Pareloup | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 8 ′ N , 2 ° 41 ′ E | |
| height | 719-971 m | |
| surface | 35.43 km 2 | |
| Residents | 358 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 10 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 12430 | |
| INSEE code | 12006 | |
 Town Hall (Mairie) and Saint-Georges Church of Alrance |
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Alrance ( Occitan : Alrança ) is a French commune of the department of Aveyron in the region Occitania (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ) with 358 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017). Administratively, it is assigned to the canton of Raspes et Lévezou (until 2015: canton of Salles-Curan ) and the arrondissement of Millau . The inhabitants are called Alrançais .
geography
Alrance is located about 38 kilometers west-northwest of Millau and about 29 kilometers south-southeast of Rodez in one of the southern foothills of the Massif Central in a wooded region on the Alrance . Alrance is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Arvieu in the north, Salles-Curan in the east and north-east, Villefranche-de-Panat in the south and east, Durenque in the west and south-west and Auriac-Lagast in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 702 | 625 | 550 | 528 | 468 | 417 | 371 | 370 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Georges church
- Reservoir with hydroelectric power station
- Tower of Peyrebrune
