Asprières is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.
Geography Asprières is located some 10 km south-east of Figeac just east of Capdenac-Gare. Access to the commune is by the D40 road from Bouillac in the north-east passing south-west through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing south-west to Salles-Courbatiès. The D994 road from Capdenac-Gare passes down the western border of the commune then east to the village and onwards to Les Albres in the south-east. The tortuous D144 road from Bouillac to Les Albres passes through the neck of the commune in the north-east. A railway runs along the northern border of the commune going east from Capdenac-Gare but there is no station in the commune. The nearest station is in Bouillac. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Bor, Vernet le Haut, La Coustille, Labrol, Querbes, Paysan, and La Montjouvie - all in the north of the commune - and La Marmiesse east of the village. The commune is mixed forest and farmland with particularly large forests in the north and north-east.Google Maps
The Lot river forms all of the northern border of the commune with the department of Lot on the other side of the river. The Lot flows from east to west eventually joining the Garonne north of Bordeaux. Several streams rise in the commune and flow north to join the Lot including the: Ruisseau de Prat Rigal, Ruisseau de Querbes, and the Ruisseau de Roucayrol. The Ruisseau de l'Estang forms the south-eastern border of the commune as it flows south-west to join the Ruisseau de Tournac which forms the southern border of the commune as it flows west.
Neighbouring communes and villages
History In 1790 Asprières was the capital of a canton. In 1922 it lost its status as capital which was transferred to Capdenac-Gare.
Heraldry
Administration
List of Successive MayorsList of Mayors of France From To Name 1795 1799 Pierre Frechet 1800 1834 Jean Baptiste Escudie 1834 1838 Joseph Gabriel Raynal 1838 1839 François Escudie 1839 1843 Jean Joulie 1843 1848 Jean Baptiste Andrieu 1848 1848 Augustin Delbies 1848 1852 François Escudie 1852 1871 Jean Baptiste Andrieu 1871 1877 Léon Piales 1878 1892 Auguste Escudie 1892 1896 Victor Aussel 1896 1900 Théophile Gazeau 2001 2008 Robert Marty 2008 2013 Alain CombesThe Mayor Alain Combres is deceased, 6 August 2013, ladepeche.fr website, consulted on 16 October 2013 2013 2014 Jean Pierre Cantaloube 2014 2020 Alain Casterot 2020 2026 Francis Delous
Demography The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aspriérois or Aspriéroises in French.Le nom des habitants du 12 - Aveyron, habitants.fr
Sites and monuments
In the Parish Church of Saint-Martial is an item registered as a historical object: Painting and its frame: The last communion of Saint Jerome (1885)Ministry of Culture, Palissy
Bibliography Christian-Pierre Bedel, preface by Jacques Dournes, Capdenac, Los Aures, Asprièras, Balaguièr, Bolhac, Causse-e-Diège, Foissac, Naussac, Salas, Sonnac / Christian-Pierre Bedel e los estatjants del canton de Capdenac, Rodez, Mission départementale de la culture, 1996, Al canton collection, 240 pages, ill., cover ill., 28 cm, , ISSN 1151-8375, BnF 36688708h (Occitan)
See also Communes of the Aveyron department
References
External links Asprières on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Asprieres on the 1750 Cassini Map