Camarès

Camarès
A general view of Camarès A general view of Camarès
Coat of arms of Camarès Coat of arms
Camarès
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region Camarès
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Millau
Canton	Camarès
Intercommunality	Rougier de Camarès
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Bernat
Area1	41.86 km2 (16.16 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	975
• Density	23/km2 (60/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	12044 / 12360
Elevation	356–968 m (1,168–3,176 ft) (avg. 383 m or 1,257 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Camarès is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.

Geography

Situated 23 kilometres south of Saint-Affrique and 80 kilometres from Béziers, the commune is traversed by the Dourdou de Camarès and sits at the foot of the Monts de Lacaune.

Its red soil, le rougier, is a schistose sandstone. It covers a rich substrate which was exploited for the first mines of copper and argentiferous lead during the Gallo-Roman era.

The commune includes a thermal basin with springs that are no longer in use today: Prugnes les eaux, Andabre, Le Cayla et Sylvanès (eau thermale).

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,288	—
1968	1,253	−2.7%
1975	1,212	−3.3%
1982	1,258	+3.8%
1990	1,127	−10.4%
1999	1,008	−10.6%
2008	975	−3.3%

See also

• Communes of the Aveyron department
• List of medieval bridges in France

References

• INSEE