Canet-de-Salars
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Aveyron | |
| Arrondissement | Millau | |
| Canton | Raspes et Lévezou | |
| Community association | Lévézou Pareloup | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 14 ′ N , 2 ° 45 ′ E | |
| height | 713-870 m | |
| surface | 29.97 km 2 | |
| Residents | 431 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 14 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 12290 | |
| INSEE code | 12050 | |
Cant-de-Salars is a French commune with 431 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). Administratively it belongs to the arrondissement of Millau and is part of the canton of Raspes et Lévezou (until 2015: canton of Pont-de-Salars ). The inhabitants are called canezols .
geography
Canet-de-Salars is about 18 kilometers southeast of Rodez . The dammed lake Lac de Pareloup is located in the municipality . Canet-de-Salars is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Pont-de-Salars in the north, Prades-Salars in the east and north-east, Salles-Curan in the south and south-east, Arvieu in the south and south-west and Trémouilles in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 601 | 510 | 485 | 440 | 440 | 379 | 396 | 422 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Megaliths at Caussanel
- Saint-Pierre church (also called Cathédrale du Lévézou ), Monument historique since 1976
Saint-Pierre church
Megalith at Caussanel
