Sanvensa
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Sanvensa Sant Vensan |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Aveyron | |
| Arrondissement | Villefranche-de-Rouergue | |
| Canton | Aveyron et Tarn | |
| Community association | Grand Villefranchois | |
| 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 | 12259 | |
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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 |
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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
Sainte-Anne church and castle
Savensa Castle
