La Canourgue (French pronunciation: [la kanuʁɡ]; Occitan: La Canorga) is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.[3] In 1973 it absorbed three former communes: Auxillac, La Capelle and Montjézieu.[4] It is sometimes referred to in French as "La petite Venise lozérienne", the Little Venice of Lozère.
Exposed to a mountain climate, it is drained by the Lot, the Urugne, the Chardonnet stream, the Felgeyre stream and by various other small watercourses. The commune has a remarkable natural heritage: a Natura 2000 network (the "Urugne valley") and four Natural zone of ecological, fauna and floral interest.
La Canourgue is a rural commune having experienced a strong increase in population since 1962. It is the central city of the agglomeration of La Canourgue. Its inhabitants are called the Canourguais or Canourguaises.
The commune of La Canourgue has been labeled "Village étape" since 2006.
Geography
Location
The commune is located in the southwest of the Lozère department, in Gévaudan, on the Urugne (small tributary of the Lot) at the foot of the Causse de Sauveterre which the commune occupies in large part.
The commune served as a location for the 2006 film A Good Year.[5]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,719 | — |
| 1975 | 1,850 | +1.05% |
| 1982 | 1,804 | −0.36% |
| 1990 | 1,817 | +0.09% |
| 1999 | 1,922 | +0.63% |
| 2007 | 2,116 | +1.21% |
| 2012 | 2,143 | +0.25% |
| 2017 | 2,161 | +0.17% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0024, 28 January 1973, pp. 1114-1117.
- ^ Postcards from Provence. A Good Year DVD. 2007.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
Gallery
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House in La Canourgue -
Canal in La Canourgue
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