Villefranche-de-Panat
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Aveyron | |
| Arrondissement | Millau | |
| Canton | Raspes et Lévezou | |
| Community association | Lévézou Pareloup | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 5 ' N , 2 ° 42' E | |
| height | 260-984 m | |
| surface | 29.13 km 2 | |
| Residents | 703 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 24 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 12430 | |
| INSEE code | 12299 | |
| Website | http://www.villefranche-de-panat.fr/ | |
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Villefranche-de-Panat ( Occitan : Vilafranca de Panat ) is a French commune of the department of Aveyron in the region Occitania (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ) with 703 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017). It is assigned to the canton of Raspes et Lévezou (until 2015: canton of Salles-Curan ) and the arrondissement of Millau .
geography
Villefranche-de-Panat is located about 35 kilometers west of Millau and about 35 kilometers south-southeast of Rodez in one of the southern foothills of the Massif Central in a wooded region on the Alrance . Villefranche-de-Panat is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Alrance in the north and north-west, Salles-Curan in the north-east, Ayssènes in the east and north-east, Le Truel in the east and south-east, Broquiès in the south, Lestrade-et-Thouels in the west and south-west and Durenque in the West.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 836 | 804 | 775 | 908 | 711 | 762 | 775 | 716 |
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Attractions
- L'Assomption church in the La Besse district
- Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens church in the Figeaguet district
- Reservoir
- park
Personalities
- Antoine de Morlhon (1753–1828), Archbishop of Auch (1823–1828)
- Auguste de Morlhon (1799–1862), Bishop of Puy-en-Velay (1846–1862)
