Ségur (Aveyron)

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Ségur
Segur
Coat of arms of Ségur
Ségur (France)
Ségur
region Occitania
Department Aveyron
Arrondissement Millau
Canton Raspes et Lévezou
Community association Lévézou Pareloup
Coordinates 44 ° 18 ′  N , 2 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 18 ′  N , 2 ° 50 ′  E
height 716-1,005 m
surface 67.05 km 2
Residents 557 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 8 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 12290
INSEE code

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Ségur ( Occitan : Segur ) is a French commune of the department of Aveyron in the region Occitania (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ) with 557 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017). Administratively, it is assigned to the canton of Raspes et Lévezou (until 2015: canton of Vézins-de-Lévézou ) and the arrondissement of Millau . The inhabitants are called Ségurois .

geography

Ségur is located about 29 kilometers northwest of Millau and about 21 kilometers east-southeast of Rodez in one of the southern foothills of the Massif Central in a wooded region on the Viaur . The municipality is part of the Grands Causses Regional Nature Park . Ségur is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Arques in the north and north-west, Laissac and Sévérac-l'Église in the north, Gaillac-d'Aveyron in the north-east, Vézins-de-Lévézou in the east, Curan in the south, Prades-Salars in the south and south-west, Pont-de-Salars in the west and Le Vibal in the northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 1,031 896 803 738 662 623 595 579
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Agnan church, priory church from the 12th century, monument historique since 1979
  • Church of Saint-Étienne in Saint-Étienne-de-Viauresque from the 12th century, monument historique since 1979
  • Saint-Pierre church
  • Gallo-Roman sarcophagus, monument historique since 1942

Web links

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