Roumégoux (Cantal)

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Roumégoux
Romegós
Roumégoux coat of arms
Roumégoux (France)
Roumégoux
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Cantal
Arrondissement Aurillac
Canton Saint-Paul-des-Landes
Community association Châtaigneraie Cantalienne
Coordinates 44 ° 51 ′  N , 2 ° 12 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 51 ′  N , 2 ° 12 ′  E
height 579-761 m
surface 13.29 km 2
Residents 313 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 24 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 15290
INSEE code
Website http://www.roumegoux.fr/

Roumégoux ( Occitan Romegós ) is a French commune in the department of Cantal and the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016 Auvergne ) with 313 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Aurillac and the canton of Saint-Paul-des-Landes (until 2015 Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat ). The inhabitants are called Roumégaires .

location

Roumégoux is located about eighteen kilometers west-southwest of Aurillac in the Massif Central and in the Châtaigneraie natural landscape . Roumégoux is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Glénat in the north, La Ségalassière in the northeast, Le Rouget-Pers in the east, Cayrols in the southeast, Parlan in the south and Saint-Saury in the south and west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2016
Residents 338 283 229 211 197 214 238 275 312
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul Church
  • Chapel of Le Bourniou

Web links

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