Saint-Léons
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Saint-Léons Sant-Liòns |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Aveyron | |
| Arrondissement | Millau | |
| Canton | Raspes et Lévezou | |
| Community association | Lévézou Pareloup | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 18 ′ N , 2 ° 59 ′ E | |
| height | 506-981 m | |
| surface | 32.89 km 2 | |
| Residents | 398 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 12 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 12780 | |
| INSEE code | 12238 | |
Saint-Léons ( Occitan : Sant Lions ) is a French commune of the department Aveyron (before 2016: Midi-Pyrenees ) in the region Okzitanien with 398 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 Saint-Léonsais .
geography
Saint-Léons is located about 15 kilometers north-northwest of Millau and about 36 kilometers east-southeast of Rodez in one of the southern foothills of the Massif Central in a wooded region. The municipality is part of the Grands Causses Regional Nature Park . Saint-Léons is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Vézins-de-Lévézou in the north, Verrières in the east, Saint-Beauzély in the south and Saint-Laurent-de-Lévézou in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 298 | 291 | 306 | 308 | 288 | 301 | 337 | 378 |
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Attractions
- Dolmen of La Baldare, Monument historique since 1994
- Monastery ruin
- church
- 15th century castle
church
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Personalities
- Jean-Henri Fabre (1823–1915), writer and poet
