Mounes-Prohencoux

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Mounes-Prohencoux
Mounes-Prohencoux (France)
Mounes-Prohencoux
region Occitania
Department Aveyron
Arrondissement Millau
Canton Causses-Rougiers
Community association Monts, Rance and Rougier
Coordinates 43 ° 47 '  N , 2 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 47 '  N , 2 ° 51'  E
height 440-951 m
surface 37.62 km 2
Residents 182 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 5 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 12370
INSEE code

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Mounes-Prohencoux is a place and a municipality in the south of France with 182 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aveyron department in the Occitania region (previously Midi-Pyrénées ). Mounes-Prohencoux belongs to the Arrondissement of Millau and the canton of Causses-Rougiers (until 2015: canton of Belmont-sur-Rance ). The inhabitants are called Mounésiens or Mounésols .

location

Mounes-Prohencoux is located about 46 kilometers east-southeast of Albi in the southwest of the historic Rouergue province on the Rance River . Mounes-Prohencoux is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Montlaur in the north, Camarès in the east and north-east, Peux-et-Couffouleux in the south-east, Murasson in the south and south-west and Belmont-sur-Rance in the west and north-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 420 344 266 243 233 190 197 183
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Statue menhirs
  • Saint-Pierre church in Mounes, built between 1848 and 1852
  • Saint Martin Church in Turipi
  • Falgous Castle, historic monument since 1994

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