Broquiès
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Aveyron | |
| Arrondissement | Millau | |
| Canton | Raspes et Lévezou | |
| Community association | Muse et Raspes du Tarn | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 0 ′ N , 2 ° 42 ′ E | |
| height | 243-738 m | |
| surface | 37.99 km 2 | |
| Residents | 612 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 16 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 12480 | |
| INSEE code | 12037 | |
| Website | www.broquies.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Broquiès |
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Broquiès is a French commune of the department of Aveyron in the region Okzitanien with 612 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 Broquiésois .
geography
Broquiès is located about 25 kilometers west-southwest of Millau in one of the southern foothills of the Massif Central in a wooded region on the Tarn , into which the Dourdou de Camarès flows. The municipality is part of the Grands Causses Regional Nature Park . Broquiès is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Lestrade-et-Thouels in the north and north-west, Villefranche-de-Panat in the north, Le Truel in the north-east, Les Costes-Gozon in the east, Saint-Izaire in the south and Brousse-le-Château in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 1,118 | 1,022 | 881 | 752 | 652 | 678 | 652 | 619 |
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Attractions
- Church of the Finding of St. Stephen ( Invention-de-Saint-Étienne )
- Saint-Amans church in the Costrix district
- Saint-Laurent church in the La Cazotte district
- Site fortification
- Navech Bridge
Church of the Finding of St. Stephen
Navech Bridge
