Curan
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Curan Curanh |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Aveyron | |
| Arrondissement | Millau | |
| Canton | Raspes et Lévezou | |
| Community association | Lévézou Pareloup | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 12 ′ N , 2 ° 51 ′ E | |
| height | 804–1,062 m | |
| surface | 41.18 km 2 | |
| Residents | 302 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 7 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 12410 | |
| INSEE code | 12307 | |
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Curan ( Occitan : Curanh ) is a French commune of the department of Aveyron in the region Occitania (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ) with 302 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 Curanais .
geography
Curan is located about 22 kilometers northwest of Millau and about 28 kilometers southeast of Rodez in one of the southern foothills of the Massif Central in a wooded region. Curan is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Ségur in the north, Vézins-de-Lévézou in the east and northeast, Saint-Laurent-de-Lévézou in the east, Saint-Beauzély in the southeast, Castelnau-Pégayrols in the south and southeast, Salles-Curan in the south and West as well as Prades-Salars in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 494 | 510 | 439 | 408 | 357 | 302 | 301 | 318 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church
