Aguessac (; ) is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.
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 (Viaduc de la Garrigue) is on the A75 autoroute immediately to the west of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and high country farmland.Google Maps
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.
Neighbouring communes and villages
Administration List of Successive Mayors of Aguessac
From To Name 1793 1795 Guillaume Assayrous 1795 1799 Alexandre Baldet 1800 1806 Jean Amans Barascut 1807 1816 Jean Joseph Quezac 1816 1822 Jean Magloire 1823 1827 Jean Antoine Fabre 1826 1829 Jean Baptiste Colliere 1829 1830 François Julien 1830 1836 Jean-Joseph Quezac 1836 1840 Camille Triadou 1840 1847 Jean-Joseph Quezac 1847 1848 Camille Triadou 1848 1852 Jean-Antoine Alegre 1852 1865 Jean-Pierre Decombis 1865 1876 René Demnes 1876 1878 Victor Vivier 1878 1881 Jean-Joseph Demnes 1881 1884 Jean-Joseph Quezac 1884 1904 Sylvain Baldeyrou 1904 1912 Camille Benoit 1912 1925 Louis Rascalou 1925 1926 Amédé Baldeyrou
Mayors from 1926
From To Name 1926 1947 Victor Arlabosse 1947 1959 Paul Bringuier 1959 1965 Jules Fau 1965 1977 Julien de Roquetaillade 1977 1983 Louis Vales 1983 1989 Julien de Roquetaillade 1989 1995 Louis Vales 1995 2008 Jacques Commayras 2008 2020 Aimé Heral 2020 2026 Anne Pailhas
Population
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Nagassols or Nagassoles in French.Le nom des habitants du 12 - Aveyron, habitants.fr
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 (1858-1942) 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.
See also Cantons of the Aveyron department
References
External links Aguessac official website Aguessac on the old National Geographic Institute website Aguessac on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Aguesac on the 1750 Cassini Map