Camarès Explained

Camarès
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Camarès (Aveyron).svg
Arrondissement:Millau
Canton:Causses-Rougiers
Insee:12044
Postal Code:12360
Mayor:Cyril Touzet[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Coordinates:43.8233°N 2.8803°W
Elevation M:383
Elevation Min M:356
Elevation Max M:968
Area Km2:41.86

Camarès (in French pronounced as /kamaʁɛs/; Occitan (post 1500);: Lo Pont de Camarés) 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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.