Laroquebrou

Laroquebrou ; Laròcabrau
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Cantal
Arrondissement	Aurillac
Canton	Saint-Paul-des-Landes
Community association	Châtaigneraie Cantalienne
Coordinates	44 ° 58 ′ N , 2 ° 12 ′ E Coordinates: 44 ° 58 ′ N , 2 ° 12 ′ E
height	429-693 m
surface	17.15 km 2
Residents	880 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	51 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	15150
INSEE code	15094
Website	http://www.laroquebrou.fr/
	; Town Hall (Mairie) of Laroquebrou

Laroquebrou ( Occitan : Laròcabrau ) is a French municipality with 880 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Cantal in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Aurillac and the canton of Saint-Paul-des-Landes (until 2015: canton Laroquebrou ). The inhabitants are called Roquais .

geography

Laroquebrou is about twenty kilometers west-northwest of Aurillac . Laroquebrou is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Santin-Cantalès in the north and north-east, Nieudan in the east, Saint-Étienne-Cantalès in the south-east, Saint-Gérons in the south, Siran in the west and south-west and Montvert in the west and north-west.

Jacques Faizant (1918-2006), illustrator
René Cance (1895–1982), politician (PCF), Mayor of Le Havre (1956–1959 and 1965–1971)

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