Almont-les-Junies (; ) is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.
Geography Almont-les-Junies is located some 20 km east of Figeac and 40 km north-east of Rodez. The commune can be accessed by road D508 which runs east from Flagnac through the commune and changes to road D606 before exiting east and forming the south-eastern border as it runs south-east to Noailhac. The D183 road also runs through the south of the commune running west to east. The village can be reached by a number of country roads which cover most of the commune. The most direct perhaps is the Graville-et-Courbies road which runs south from the D508.Google Maps
The commune contains both large areas of farmland as well as mountain slopes with forests.
There are many streams in the commune - the southern border is marked by the Rousseau de Limou which flows into the Lot river just west of the commune. The Lot river itself also forms the northern border of the commune and all of the many streams flow into this river.
There are a number of hamlets and villages in the commune. These are: Aumont Ginouilhac La Mole Haute La Plane Laval Le Fau Les Clementies L'Hom Mazac Sainte Catherine
Neighbouring communes and villages
History In March 1993, the town of Almon-les-Junies was renamed Almont-les-Junies with a "t" to be closer to the Latin root of Almontis.Décret du 26 mars 1993 portant changement de nom de communes, Légifrance. Road signs in the area remained unchanged for some years.
Administration
List of Successive Mayors of Almont-les-JuniesList of Mayors of France From To Name Party 1860 1876 Adolphe Centres 1876 1881 Benjamin Rols 1881 1888 Grégoire Romiguiere 1888 1892 Germain Griffouliere 1892 1912 Charles Centres 1912 1919 Philippe Dalmon 1919 1925 Charles Centres 1925 1944 Firmin Cerles 1944 1945 Justin Romiguiere 1945 1971 Jean-Marie Centres 1971 2001 Gabriel Romiguiere 2001 2020 Patrick Grialou DVD 2020 2026 Bruno Cavaignac
Population The inhabitants of the commune are known as Junhalmontois or Junhalmontoises in French.Le nom des habitants du 12 - Aveyron, habitants.fr
See also Communes of the Aveyron department
References
External links Almont-les-Junies on the old IGN website Almont-les-Junies on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Aumont on the 1750 Cassini Map