Saint-Beauzély
Saint-Beauzély Sent Bausèli |
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Aveyron | |
Arrondissement | Millau | |
Canton | Tarn et Causses | |
Community association | Muse et Raspes du Tarn | |
Coordinates | 44 ° 10 ′ N , 2 ° 58 ′ E | |
height | 549–1,062 m | |
surface | 30.69 km 2 | |
Residents | 596 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 19 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 12620 | |
INSEE code | 12213 | |
Website | http://www.saint-beauzely.fr/ | |
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Saint-Beauzély ( Occitan : Sent Bausèli ) is a French commune with 596 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aveyron department and in the Occitanie region . It belongs to the canton of Tarn et Causses (until 2015: canton of Saint-Beauzély ) and the arrondissement of Millau . The inhabitants are called Saint-Beauzéliens .
location
Saint-Beauzély is about twelve kilometers northwest of Millau . The municipality is part of the Grands Causses Regional Nature Park . Saint-Beauzély is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Laurent-de-Lévézou in the north, Saint-Léons in the north and northeast, Verrières in the east and northeast, Millau in the east and southeast, Castelnau-Pégayrols in the south and southwest, and Curan in the west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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Residents | 494 | 439 | 408 | 422 | 487 | 525 | 514 | 556 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Jacques church from the 12th century, monument historique since 1995
- Grammontese priory of Comberoumal from the 13th century, monument historique since 1929
- Saint-Beauzély castle from the 12th century, alterations from the 16th century, monument historique since 1998
- Sanctuary of Les Basiols from the 1st century BC, monument historique since 1992
- museum
Personalities
- Jules Merviel (1906–1976), racing cyclist