Ayssènes
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Ayssènes Aissenas |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Aveyron | |
| Arrondissement | Millau | |
| Canton | Raspes et Lévezou | |
| Community association | Muse et Raspes du Tarn | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 4 ' N , 2 ° 47' E | |
| height | 262-983 m | |
| surface | 23.14 km 2 | |
| Residents | 216 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 9 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 12430 | |
| INSEE code | 12017 | |
Ayssènes ( Occitan : Aissenas ) is a French commune of the department of Aveyron in the region Okzitanien with 216 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017). Administratively, it is assigned to the canton of Raspes et Lévezou (until 2015: canton of Saint-Rome-de-Tarn ) and the arrondissement of Millau . The inhabitants are called Ayssenols .
geography
Ayssènes is located about 21 kilometers west of Millau in one of the southern foothills of the Massif Central in a wooded region on the Tarn , which borders the community in the south. The municipality is part of the Grands Causses Regional Nature Park . Ayssènes is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Villefranche-de-Panat in the north and west, Salles-Curan in the north and northeast, Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu in the east, Les Costes-Gozon in the southeast, Broquiès in the south and southwest and Villefranche-de -Panat to the west and northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 466 | 431 | 343 | 309 | 248 | 226 | 219 | 211 |
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Attractions
- Nativité-de-Marie church in Ayssènes from the 19th century
- Saint-Amans church in Coupiaguet from the 19th century
- Saint-Rémy church in Saint-Rémy from the 19th century
- Saint Blaise Church
- Roc Saint-Jean castle ruins on the Roc du Cavalier
Saint-Rémy church
Saint-Amans church
Saint Blaise Church
Nativité-de-Marie church
Personalities
- Alain Marc (* 1957), politician (UMP)
