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La Canourgue is a commune in France, situated within the Lozère department and the Arrondissement of Mende. It serves as the capital of the canton of Canourgue. The town is located in the Occitanie region and borders Le Monastier-Pin-Moriès, Les Salelles, Chanac, and Laval-du-Tarn. The Lot river is located next to the commune.
The area covers 104.29 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 2,253 residents and another citing 2,126. The male population is recorded as 1,035, while the female population is 1,126. The head of government is Jacques Blanc. La Canourgue is twinned with Gaiberg.
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Place details
- Locality
- La Canourgue
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,126
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Occitania
- Department
- Lozère
- Arrondissement
- Mende
- Canton
- La Canourgue
- Intercommunality
- Aubrac Lot Causses Tarn
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Claude Malzac
- Area
- 104.29 km (40.27 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 2,074
- Density
- 19.89/km (51.51/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 48034 /48500
- Elevation
- 521–1,008 m (1,709–3,307 ft) , (avg. 563 m or 1,847 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- La Canourgue
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Mende
- Population
- 2099
- Area
- 104.29
- Elevation
- 812
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Lot
- Head of government
- Jacques Blanc
- Shares border with
- Massegros Causses Gorges
- Official website
- www.la-canourgue.com
- Image
- France Lozere La Canourgue 04.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Gaiberg
- Commons category
- La Canourgue
- postal code
- 48500
- associated electoral district
- canton of Canourgue
- male population
- 1035
- female population
- 1126
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-66-32-81-47
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Encyclopedic overview
La Canourgue ( French pronunciation: [la kanuʁɡ]; Occitan: La Canorga) is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France. In 1973 it absorbed three former communes: Auxillac, La Capelle and Montjézieu. 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Canourgue” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.