Villefranche-d'Albigeois
Villefranche-d'Albigeois Vilafranca d'Albigés |
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Camouflage | |
Arrondissement | Albi | |
Canton | Le Haut Dadou | |
Community association | Monts d'Alban and Villefranchois | |
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 | 81317 | |
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