Title: Millau Content: Millau is a commune in southern France, in the Aveyron department, region of Occitanie. It is the sous-prefecture (capital) of the arrondissement of the same name in the Aveyron department. It is also the capital of two cantons: Millau-1 and Millau-2. The territory of the municipality is part of the Regional Natural Park of Grands Causses.Causse is an Occitan word meaning "limestone plateau". The term is used in France mainly for plateaus in the Massif Central. ==History== During the first century, there was an important settlement where the Tarn and Dourbie rivers meet; this settlement, a couple of kilometres from the current city, was known because here there was an important centre of production of fine ceramics that were exported to many places of the Roman Empire. ==Geography== The town is in the valley of the Tarn river and is at the confluence of the Tarn and Dourbie rivers. The territory of the commune is in the Grand Causses over part of the Causse Rouge (to the east of the Lévézou plateau), the Causse du Larzac, and the Causse Noir. The commune is at from Paris, from Rodez, from Marseille, from Bordeaux and from Toulouse. Millau has an area of , and its average altitude in the city is ; at the city hall, the altitude is . The commune of Millau is surrounded by the communes Aguessac, Compeyre, Paulhe, Comprégnac, Creissels, Saint-Georges-de-Luzençon, Lapanouse-de-Cernon, La Cavalerie, Nant, La Cresse, La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite, Castelnau-Pégayrols, Saint-Beauzély y Verrières. ===Climate=== The climate of the Millau is subtropical with dry-summer, Csb (Mediterranean Climate) in the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature for the year in Millau is . The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of . The average amount of precipitation for the year in Millau is . The month with the most precipitation on average is September with of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is July with an average of . ==Population== The inhabitants of Millau are known, in French, as millavois (women: millavoises). With a population of 22,064, Millau has a population density of inhabitants/km2. right|thumb|General view of Millau Evolution of the population in Millau Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:25000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:5000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:2500 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1968 text:1968 bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2006 text:2006 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1968 from:0 till: 22595 bar:1975 from:0 till: 21907 bar:1982 from:0 till: 21695 bar:1990 from:0 till: 21788 bar:1999 from:0 till: 21339 bar:2006 from:0 till: 22133 bar:2014 from:0 till: 22064 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 22595 fontsize:S text: 22,595 shift:(-12,5) bar:1975 at: 21907 fontsize:S text: 21,907 shift:(-18,5) bar:1982 at: 21695 fontsize:S text: 21,695 shift:(-18,5) bar:1990 at: 21788 fontsize:S text: 21,788 shift:(-18,5) bar:1999 at: 21339 fontsize:S text: 21,339 shift:(-18,5) bar:2006 at: 22133 fontsize:S text: 22,133 shift:(-18,5) bar:2014 at: 22064 fontsize:S text: 22,064 shift:(-18,5) Millau forms with Creissels the urban area of Millau with a population of 23,778 inhabitants (2013) and an area of . This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Millau, formed by 13 communes with a population of 28,793 inhabitants and an area of . == Administration == Millau is a subprefecture of the Aveyron department, the capital of the arrondissement of Millau and the administrative centre  of two cantons * Millau-1, with 14,297 inhabitants (2014). * Millau-2, with 14,519 inhabitants (2014). It is part of the intercommunality Millau Grands Causses . ==Sister cities== Millau is twinned with: * Louga, Senegal (1962) * Bad Salzuflen, Germany (1975) * Bridlington, UK (1992) * Sagunto, Spain (2006) * Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006) * Mealhada, Portugal (2010) ==Millau viaduct== The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the valley of the Tarn river near Millau. File:Creissels et Viaduct de Millau.jpg File:Millau et Viaduc.jpg ==Gallery== Mairie de Millau.JPG|City hall FR-12-Millau4.JPG|The beffroi FR-12-Millau6.JPG|Maréchal- Foch square Millau - L'église du Sacré-Cœur.jpg|Sacré-Cœur church Pont Vieux Millau.JPG|The old bridge of Millau