Aguessac


Aguessac is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.
WWW aguessac.fr

Geography

Aguessac is just south of the Massif Central and is located some 4 km north of Millau and 20 km south of Severac-le-Chateau. It can be accessed by the D29 road branching off the D911 in the west and continuing into the commune and south to the village. There is also the D809 coming from Millau in the south passing through the village and continuing north to join the A75 autoroute. The D907 goes north-east from the village to Riviere-sur-Tarn and the D167 goes west by a tortuous mountain route to Saint-Germain. The famous Millau Viaduct is on the A75 autoroute immediately to the west of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and high country farmland.
There are many streams flowing through the commune: the Ruisseau de Malbose forms the northern border of the commune, the Lumansonesque forms the eastern border flowing into the Tarn which forms the southern part of the eastern border. The Lumansonesque is fed by the Barbade with its numerous tributaries which forms part of the western border before flowing across the commune and joining the Lumansonesque.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Aguessac
FromToName
17931795Guillaume Assayrous
17951799Alexandre Baldet
18001806Jean Amans Barascut
18071816Jean Joseph Quezac
18161822Jean Magloire
18231827Jean Antoine Fabre
18261829Jean Baptiste Colliere
18291830François Julien
18301836Jean-Joseph Quezac
18361840Camille Triadou
18401847Jean-Joseph Quezac
18471848Camille Triadou
18481852Jean-Antoine Alegre
18521865Jean-Pierre Decombis
18651876René Demnes
18761878Victor Vivier
18781881Jean-Joseph Demnes
18811884Jean-Joseph Quezac
18841904Sylvain Baldeyrou
19041912Camille Benoit
19121925Louis Rascalou
19251926Amédé Baldeyrou

;Mayors from 1926
FromToName
19261947Victor Arlabosse
19471959Paul Bringuier
19591965Jules Fau
19651977Julien de Roquetaillade
19771983Louis Vales
19831989Julien de Roquetaillade
19891995Louis Vales
19952008Jacques Commayras
20082020Aimé Heral
20202026Anne Pailhas

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Nagassols or Nagassoles in French.

Distribution of Age Groups

The population of the commune of Aguessac is younger than average for the department of Aveyron.
Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Aguessac and Aveyron Department in 2017
Source: INSEE

Economy

The economy of the commune is agricultural and characterized by traditional agriculture based on farming for the production of calves and lambs for fattening. There are twelve farms in this commune.

Sites and monuments

  • The '''Chateau of Cabrières'''

Notable people linked to the commune

  • Emma Calvé at the height of her fame bought the Chateau of Cabrières in 1884 before selling it to a manufacturer of gloves a few years later.