Saint-Rome-de-Tarn
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Aveyron | |
| Arrondissement | Millau | |
| Canton | Raspes et Lévezou | |
| Community association | Muse et Raspes du Tarn | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 3 ' N , 2 ° 54' E | |
| height | 300-665 m | |
| surface | 52.06 km 2 | |
| Residents | 871 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 17 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 12490 | |
| INSEE code | 12244 | |
| Website | www.ville-saintromedetarn.fr/ | |
Saint-Rome-de-Tarn is a French commune of the department of Aveyron in the region Okzitanien with 871 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017). Administratively, it is assigned to the canton of Raspes et Lévezou (until 2015: canton of Saint-Rome-de-Tarn ) and the arrondissement of Millau . The inhabitants are called Saint-Romains .
geography
Saint-Rome-de-Tarn is located about twelve kilometers west-southwest of Millau in one of the southern foothills of the Massif Central in a wooded region on the Tarn . The municipality is part of the Grands Causses Regional Nature Park . Saint-Rome-de-Tarn is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Viala-du-Tarn in the north and north-west, Montjaux in the north, Saint-Georges-de-Luzençon in the east and north-east, Saint-Rome-de-Cernon in the east and south-east, Saint-Affrique in the south, Les Costes-Gozon in the west and south-west and Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu in the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 811 | 729 | 669 | 629 | 676 | 715 | 820 | 861 |
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Attractions
- Saint Romain Church
- Saint-Rome Castle
- Site fortification
Saint Romain Church
Saint-Rome Castle
Personalities
- Denis Auguste Affre (1793–1848), Archbishop of Paris
