Alrance (; ) is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.
Geography Alrance is located some 30 km west of Millau and about 50 km north-east of Albi. The commune can be accessed by the D56 road which runs north-east from Durenque and intersects the road D25 in the commune. It continues north through the commune to Arvieu. The D25 comes south-east from Salmiech through most of the length of the commune and continues south-east to Villefranche-de-Panat. Access to the village is from the north-east on road D659 which runs off the D577 south of the Lac de Pareloup. The D659 runs south-west and ends at the village. The D528 also runs off the D25 in the south of the commune to the village.Google Maps
The commune is mostly farmland with some forest and covered by many country roads. There are a number of other hamlets and villages in the commune. These are:
L'Adrech Bonneguide Boussinesq Le Bouviale La Capelle Farcel La Coste Las Fenials Flauvelou Fretanels Le Jouanesq Lacan Le Mas Nespoulous Le Mas Viala Le Mas Vialet Montcouzac Nazareth La Niade Pentezac Peyrebrune La Rouquette Le Sales La Vacaresse
A number of streams rise in the commune and flow to the Lac de Villefranche-de-Panat at the southern border of the commune. The streams include L'Alrance, Ruisseau du Lagasi, and several others. Some streams rise in the north of the commune and flow northwards eventually joining the river Céor which eventually flows to the Viaur at Castelpers.
Neighbouring communes and villages
Administration List of Successive Mayors of AlranceList of Mayors of France
From To Name 1844 1856 Jean Joseph Terral 1856 1860 Adrien Seguret 1861 1862 Jean-Antoine Barthe 1862 1864 Jean-Joseph Terral 1864 1870 Jean-Antoine Barthe 1870 1871 François Gisquet 1871 1878 Joseph Gagraud 1878 1916 Adolphe Gagraud 1916 1919 Léopold Gautier 1919 1934 Adolphe Gagraud 1934 1953 Paul Serin 1953 1959 Gabriel Gintrand 1959 1971 Edouard Galtier 1971 1977 Auguste Fabre 1977 2001 Hubert Bonnefous 2001 2008 Jacques Montrozier 2008 2020 Jean-Pierre Drulhe 2020 2026 Bernard Cluzel
Population The inhabitants of the commune are known as Alrançais or Alrançaises in French.Le nom des habitants du 12 - Aveyron, habitants.fr
Sites and Monuments
The Lac de Villefranche-de-Panat just south of the commune border provides power and water activities for the commune The Church of Alrance and Church of La Capelle-Farcel The Tower of Peyrebrune (a chapel and remains of a castle)
Notable People linked to the commune Jean-Baptiste Angles, a missionary in Japan.
See also Communes of the Aveyron department
References
External links The tower of Peyrebrune in Alrance Alrance on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Alrance on the 1750 Cassini Map