# Aguessac

Aguessac (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Agaçac) is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

## Geography

Aguessac is just south of the Massif Central and is located some 4 km north of Millau and 20 km south of Severac-le-Chateau. It can be accessed by the D29 road branching off the D911 in the west and continuing into the commune and south to the village. There is also the D809 coming from Millau in the south passing through the village and continuing north to join the A75 autoroute. The D907 goes north-east from the village to Riviere-sur-Tarn and the D167 goes west by a tortuous mountain route to Saint-Germain. The famous Millau Viaduct (Viaduc de la Garrigue) is on the A75 autoroute immediately to the west of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and high country farmland.
There are many streams flowing through the commune: the Ruisseau de Malbose forms the northern border of the commune, the Lumansonesque forms the eastern border flowing into the Tarn which forms the southern part of the eastern border. The Lumansonesque is fed by the Barbade with its numerous tributaries which forms part of the western border before flowing across the commune and joining the Lumansonesque.

### Neighbouring communes and villages

vtePlaces adjacent to Aguessac :
Saint-Léons
Verrières
La Cresse
Saint-Beauzély
Aguessac
Compeyre
Compregnac
Millau
La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite :

## Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Aguessac
| From | To | Name |
| 1793 | 1795 | Guillaume Assayrous |
| 1795 | 1799 | Alexandre Baldet |
| 1800 | 1806 | Jean Amans Barascut |
| 1807 | 1816 | Jean Joseph Quezac |
| 1816 | 1822 | Jean Magloire |
| 1823 | 1827 | Jean Antoine Fabre |
| 1826 | 1829 | Jean Baptiste Colliere |
| 1829 | 1830 | François Julien |
| 1830 | 1836 | Jean-Joseph Quezac |
| 1836 | 1840 | Camille Triadou |
| 1840 | 1847 | Jean-Joseph Quezac |
| 1847 | 1848 | Camille Triadou |
| 1848 | 1852 | Jean-Antoine Alegre |
| 1852 | 1865 | Jean-Pierre Decombis |
| 1865 | 1876 | René Demnes |
| 1876 | 1878 | Victor Vivier |
| 1878 | 1881 | Jean-Joseph Demnes |
| 1881 | 1884 | Jean-Joseph Quezac |
| 1884 | 1904 | Sylvain Baldeyrou |
| 1904 | 1912 | Camille Benoit |
| 1912 | 1925 | Louis Rascalou |
| 1925 | 1926 | Amédé Baldeyrou |

### Mayors from 1926

| From | To | Name |
| 1926 | 1947 | Victor Arlabosse |
| 1947 | 1959 | Paul Bringuier |
| 1959 | 1965 | Jules Fau |
| 1965 | 1977 | Julien de Roquetaillade |
| 1977 | 1983 | Louis Vales |
| 1983 | 1989 | Julien de Roquetaillade |
| 1989 | 1995 | Louis Vales |
| 1995 | 2008 | Jacques Commayras |
| 2008 | 2020 | Aimé Heral |
| 2020 | 2026 | Anne Pailhas |

## Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Nagassols or Nagassoles in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1793 | 575 | — |
| 1800 | 629 | +1.29% |
| 1831 | 748 | +0.56% |
| 1836 | 771 | +0.61% |
| 1841 | 763 | −0.21% |
| 1846 | 773 | +0.26% |
| 1851 | 760 | −0.34% |
| 1856 | 747 | −0.34% |
| 1861 | 789 | +1.10% |
| 1866 | 822 | +0.82% |
| 1872 | 753 | −1.45% |
| 1876 | 1,165 | +11.53% |
| 1881 | 786 | −7.57% |
| 1886 | 775 | −0.28% |
| 1891 | 709 | −1.76% |
| 1896 | 644 | −1.90% |
| 1901 | 668 | +0.73% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1906 | 686 | +0.53% |
| 1911 | 631 | −1.66% |
| 1921 | 597 | −0.55% |
| 1926 | 579 | −0.61% |
| 1931 | 645 | +2.18% |
| 1936 | 608 | −1.17% |
| 1946 | 596 | −0.20% |
| 1954 | 712 | +2.25% |
| 1962 | 731 | +0.33% |
| 1968 | 709 | −0.51% |
| 1975 | 714 | +0.10% |
| 1982 | 615 | −2.11% |
| 1990 | 811 | +3.52% |
| 1999 | 833 | +0.30% |
| 2007 | 842 | +0.13% |
| 2012 | 858 | +0.38% |
| 2017 | 867 | +0.21% |
Source: EHESS and INSEE :

### Distribution of Age Groups

The population of the commune of Aguessac is younger than average for the department of Aveyron.
Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Aguessac and Aveyron Department in 2017
| | Aguessac | Aguessac | Aveyron | Aveyron |
| Age Range | Men | Women | Men | Women |
| 0 to 14 Years | 22.0 | 16.4 | 16.1 | 14.7 |
| 15 to 29 Years | 13.8 | 12.3 | 14.6 | 12.3 |
| 30 to 44 Years | 18.5 | 20.9 | 16.6 | 15.9 |
| 45 to 59 Years | 24.0 | 27.6 | 21.3 | 20.5 |
| 60 to 74 Years | 14.4 | 13.2 | 20.1 | 20.1 |
| 75 to 89 Years | 6.5 | 8.5 | 10.2 | 13.8 |
| 90 Years+ | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.7 |
Source: INSEE

## Economy

The economy of the commune is agricultural and characterized by traditional agriculture based on farming for the production of calves and lambs for fattening. There are twelve farms in this commune.

## Sites and monuments

* The Chateau of Cabrières

## Notable people linked to the commune

* Emma Calvé (1858-1942) at the height of her fame bought the Chateau of Cabrières in 1884 before selling it to a manufacturer of gloves a few years later.