Deux-Verges
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Cantal | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Flour | |
| Canton | Neuvéglise | |
| Community association | Saint-Flour Community | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 28 ′ N , 3 ° 1 ′ E | |
| height | 959-1,286 m | |
| surface | 11.20 km 2 | |
| Residents | 50 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 4 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 15110 | |
| INSEE code | 15060 | |
 Saint-Médard church |
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Deux-Verges is a French commune with a population of 50 (as at 1st January 2017) in the Cantal in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (2015 Auvergne ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Flour and to the municipality association Saint-Flour Communauté, founded in 2017 .
geography
The municipality of Deux-Verges is located in the northeast of the Aubrac landscape , which is part of the Massif Central , about 35 kilometers south of Saint-Flour and 75 kilometers northeast of Rodez . The 11.2 km² area of the municipality is - unlike the treeless plateaus of central Aubrac - about half covered with forest. The Remontalou mountain stream rises in Deux-Verges and drains north to the Truyère . The gently undulating high plateau reaches 1286 meters above sea level at the summit of the Puy de la Tuile . The community consists of numerous individual farms and some hamlets, including the eponymous Deux-Verges with barely a dozen buildings, including a church and town hall (at 1030 meters above sea level). Other hamlets are La Borie Basse (990 m), Le Graulès (1050 m), Boussols (1065 m) and Les Coursières (1125 m). Deux-Verges is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Chaudes-Aigues in the north-west and north, Anterrieux in the north-east, Saint-Rémy-de-Chaudes-Aigues in the south-east and south, and Jabrun in the south-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 | |
| Residents | 74 | 63 | 64 | 69 | 59 | 61 | 59 | 50 | |
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Attractions
- Saint-Médard church
- numerous way and field crosses
Economy and Infrastructure
In the rural municipality of Deux-Verges, nine farms are located (exclusively cattle and dairy farming).
To the west of Deux-Verges, the D921 trunk road runs from Saint-Flour to Espalion . The nearest train station is about 26 kilometers west in the town of Saint-Chély-d'Apcher on the railway line from Paris via Clermont-Ferrand and Millau to Béziers . In Saint-Chély-d'Apcher there is also a connection to the A75 autoroute .
