Tornac

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Tornac
Tornac coat of arms
Tornac (France)
Tornac
region Occitania
Department Gard
Arrondissement Alès
Canton Quissac
Community association Alès agglomeration
Coordinates 44 ° 2 ′  N , 4 ° 5 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 2 ′  N , 4 ° 5 ′  E
height 117-421 m
surface 19.68 km 2
Residents 904 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 46 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 30140
INSEE code
Website http://www.tornac.fr/

Tornac is a French commune with 904 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gard department of the Occitania region . It belongs to the arrondissement of Alès and the canton of Quissac (until 2015: canton of Anduze ).

geography

Tornac is about nine kilometers south of Alès . The Gardon d'Anduze river limits the municipality to the northeast. Tornac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Anduze in the north, Boisset-et-Gaujac in the northeast, Massillargues-Attuech in the east, Saint-Nazaire-des-Gardies in the south and southeast, Durfort-et-Saint-Martin-de-Sossenac in the south and Southwest and Saint-Félix-de-Pallières in the northwest.

population

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 541 534 575 634 650 718 844 904
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Baudile church from the 12th century, destroyed in the 16th century, rebuilt, burned down in 1702, monument historique since 1911
  • Tornac castle ruins from the 11th / 12th centuries Century, Monument historique
  • Tornac Monastery, partially destroyed, Monument historique
  • former Saint-Pierre church in Sauvignac from the 12th century

Web links

Commons : Tornac  - collection of images, videos and audio files