Camarès
Commune in Occitanie, France
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Camarès (French pronunciation: [kamaʁɛs]; Occitan: Lo Pont de Camarés) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.
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A general view of Camarès | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Camarès | |
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| Coordinates: 43°49′24″N 2°52′49″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Aveyron |
| Arrondissement | Millau |
| Canton | Causses-Rougiers |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Cyril Touzet[1] |
Area 1 | 41.86 km2 (16.16 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,030 |
| • Density | 24.6/km2 (63.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| 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. | |
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
| 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% |
