Sanvensa

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Sanvensa
Sant Vensan
Sanvensa coat of arms
Sanvensa (France)
Sanvensa
region Occitania
Department Aveyron
Arrondissement Villefranche-de-Rouergue
Canton Aveyron et Tarn
Community association Grand Villefranchois
Coordinates 44 ° 18 '  N , 2 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 18 '  N , 2 ° 3'  E
height 230-534 m
surface 25.48 km 2
Residents 654 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 26 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 12200
INSEE code

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Sanvensa ( Occitan : Sant Vensan ) is a French commune with 654 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aveyron department in the Occitania region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Villefranche-de-Rouergue and the canton of Aveyron et Tarn (until 2015: canton of Najac ). The inhabitants are called Sanvensacois .

geography

Sanvensa is about 63 kilometers east-northeast of Montauban and about 42 kilometers west-southwest of Rodez . Sanvensa is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Villefranche-de-Rouergue in the north, Morlhon-le-Haut in the northeast, Le Bas Ségala with Saint-Salvadou in the east, Lunac in the southeast, La Fouillade in the south, Monteils in the west and southwest and La Rouquette in the Northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 716 649 625 558 563 506 612 657
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Church of Sainte-Anne
  • Church of the Immaculate Conception ( Église de l'Immaculée-Conception ) in the district of Testas
  • Saint Roch chapel
  • Sanvensa Castle from the 16th century, monument historique since 1967

Web links

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