Gissac

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Gissac
Gissac (France)
Gissac
region Occitania
Department Aveyron
Arrondissement Millau
Canton Causses-Rougiers
Community association Monts, Rance and Rougier
Coordinates 43 ° 48 '  N , 2 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 48 '  N , 2 ° 57'  E
height 351-769 m
surface 31.02 km 2
Residents 103 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 3 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 12360
INSEE code

Gissac ( identical in Occitan ) is a place and a municipality in the south of France with 103 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aveyron department in the Occitania region (until 2015 Midi-Pyrénées ). Gissac is part of the Millau arrondissement and the Causses-Rougiers canton (until 2015: Camarès canton ). The inhabitants are called Gissacois .

location

Gissac is located about 47 kilometers east-southeast of Albi in the southwest of the historic Rouergue province . Gissac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Affrique in the north, Versols-et-Lapeyre in the east and northeast, Saint-Félix-de-Sorgues in the east, Sylvanès in the southeast, Camarès in the south, Montlaur in the west and Vabres-l'Abbaye in the Northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 154 146 117 152 139 97 110 106
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
  • Gissac Castle from the 19th century
  • Montaigut castle from the 10th century, monument historique since 1987
Montaigut Castle

Web links

Commons : Gissac  - collection of images, videos and audio files