Belmont-sur-Rance

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Belmont-sur-Rance
Bèlmont de Rance
Belmont-sur-Rance coat of arms
Belmont-sur-Rance (France)
Belmont-sur-Rance
region Occitania
Department Aveyron
Arrondissement Millau
Canton Causses-Rougiers
Community association Monts, Rance and Rougier
Coordinates 43 ° 49 ′  N , 2 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 49 ′  N , 2 ° 45 ′  E
height 394-854 m
surface 44.19 km 2
Residents 976 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 22 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 12360
INSEE code

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Belmont-sur-Rance ( Occitan : Bèlmont de Rance ) is a place and a municipality in the south of France with 976 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aveyron department in the Occitania region (previously Midi-Pyrénées ). Belmont-sur-Rance belongs to the arrondissement of Millau and the canton of Causses-Rougiers (until 2015: canton of Belmont-sur-Rance ). The inhabitants are called Belmontais .

location

Belmont-sur-Rance is located about 42 kilometers east-southeast of Albi in the southwest of the historic province of Rouergue am Rance . Belmont-sur-Rance is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Rebourguil in the north, Montlaur in the northeast, Mounes-Prohencoux in the east and southeast, Murasson in the south, Saint-Sever-du-Moustier in the southwest and Combret in the west.

The Saint-Affrique-Belmont airfield is located in the municipality .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 922 877 794 883 1,021 1.006 1.012 1,018
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Collegiate Church from the 16th century, Monument historique since 1929
Bell tower of the collegiate church

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