Vaour
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Camouflage | |
| Arrondissement | Albi | |
| Canton | Carmaux-2 Vallée du Cérou | |
| Community association | Cordais et Causse | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 4 ′ N , 1 ° 48 ′ E | |
| height | 240-507 m | |
| surface | 14.12 km 2 | |
| Residents | 317 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 22 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 81140 | |
| INSEE code | 81309 | |
| Website | www.vaour.org | |
Vaour ( Occitan : Vaur ) is a French commune with 317 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Tarn department in the Occitania region (before 2016 Midi-Pyrénées ). Administratively it is assigned to the arrondissement of Albi and it is part of the canton of Carmaux-2 Vallée du Cérou ( Vaour until 2015 ). The inhabitants are called Vaourais .
geography
Vaour is about 36 kilometers east-northeast of Montauban . Vaour is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val in the north and north-west, Saint-Michel-de-Vax in the north, Roussayrolles in the north-east, Tonnac in the east, Itzac in the east and south-east, Campagnac in the south-east, Saint-Beauzile in the South, Castelnau-de-Montmiral in the southwest and Penne in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 302 | 405 | 352 | 310 | 295 | 248 | 285 | 363 |
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Attractions
- Dolmen of Peyralade , Monument historique
- Romanesque church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
- Ruins of the former Commandery of the Knights Templar, Monument historique
Dolmen
Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church
Ruin of the Knights Templar Commandery
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