Tournemire (Aveyron)

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Tournemire
Tornamira
Tournemire (France)
Tournemire
region Occitania
Department Aveyron
Arrondissement Millau
Canton Saint-Affrique
Community association Saint Affricain, Roquefort, Sept Vallons
Coordinates 43 ° 58 ′  N , 3 ° 1 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 58 ′  N , 3 ° 1 ′  E
height 490-856 m
surface 8.91 km 2
Residents 427 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 48 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 12250
INSEE code

Tournemire Town Hall (Mairie)

Tournemire ( Occitan Tornamira ) is a French commune of the department of Aveyron in the region Occitania (before 2016 Midi-Pyrenees ) with 427 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017). Administratively it is assigned to the canton of Saint-Affrique and the arrondissement of Millau . The inhabitants are called Tournemirois .

geography

Tournemire is located about sixteen kilometers south-southwest of Millau and about sixty kilometers southeast of Rodez in the historic region of the Rouergue . Tournemire is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon in the north and west, Saint-Rome-de-Cernon in the north, La Bastide-Pradines in the north-east, Viala-du-Pas-de-Jaux in the east and south-east and Saint-Jean -et-Saint-Paul in the south.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 737 645 521 473 474 416 446 400
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Dolmen
  • Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church
  • Sisters' convent of Notre-Dame from the 19th century

Web links

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