Rayssac

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Rayssac
Raiçac
Rayssac Coat of Arms
Rayssac (France)
Rayssac
region Occitania
Department Camouflage
Arrondissement Castres
Canton Le Haut Dadou
Community association Monts d'Alban and Villefranchois
Coordinates 43 ° 49 ′  N , 2 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 49 ′  N , 2 ° 25 ′  E
height 357-711 m
surface 29.95 km 2
Residents 242 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 8 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 81330
INSEE code

Rayssac ( Occitan Raiçac ) is a southern French municipality with 242 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Tarn department in the Occitania region (before 2016 Midi-Pyrénées ). Rayssac belongs to the Arrondissement of Castres and is part of the canton of Le Haut Dadou (until 2015 Montredon-Labessonnié ).

geography

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Rayssac is on the edge of the Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park , about 29 kilometers south-east of Albi , on the Dadou , which borders the municipality in the north. Rayssac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Paulinet in the north and east, Le Masnau-Massuguiès in the east and south-east, Lacaze in the south-east, Saint-Pierre-de-Trivisy in the south, Arifat in the south-west, Mont-Roc in the west and Teillet in the north-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 416 372 324 313 310 295 268 250
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Martin church from 1723
  • Rayssac Castle from the 17th century

Web links

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