Villefranche-d'Albigeois

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Villefranche-d'Albigeois
Vilafranca d'Albigés
Villefranche-d'Albigeois coat of arms
Villefranche-d'Albigeois (France)
Villefranche-d'Albigeois
region Occitania
Department Camouflage
Arrondissement Albi
Canton Le Haut Dadou
Community association Monts d'Alban and Villefranchois
Coordinates 43 ° 54 '  N , 2 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 54 '  N , 2 ° 20'  E
height 183-526 m
surface 22.09 km 2
Residents 1,256 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 57 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 81430
INSEE code
Website http://www.villefranche-dalbigeois.fr/

Church of the Birth of Mary

Villefranche-d'Albigeois ( Occitan : Vilafranca d'Albigés ) is a French commune with 1,256 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Tarn department in the Occitania region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). Cambon belongs to the arrondissement of Albi and the canton of Le Haut Dadou (until 2015: canton of Villefranche-d'Albigeois ). The inhabitants are called Villefranchois .

location

Villefranche-d'Albigeois is about ten kilometers east-southeast of Albi . The Tarn limits the community to the north. Villefranche-d'Albigeois is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sérénac in the north, Ambialet in the east and north-east, Le Fraysse in the east, Paulinet in the south-east, Teillet in the south, Terre-Clapier in the south-west, Mouzieys-Teulet in the west and south-west and Bellegarde-Marsal in the west and northwest.

The former route nationale 99 (today's D999) runs through the municipality .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 812 783 789 850 898 957 1,030 1,234
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary ( Église de la Nativité-de-Notre-Dame ) from 1896

Web links

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