Title: Aurillac Content: Aurillac  is a French commune, the prefecture of the Cantal department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Aurillac was part of the former province of Auvergne, in the region called Haute-Auvergne. ==History== The name of the city comes from , meaning "Roman villa of Aurelius". ==Geography== The city of Aurillac is at the foot of the Cantal mountains (Mounts of Cantal), in the Massif Central. The city is along the Jordanne river, a tributary of the Cère river. It has an area of . Its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .  The city of Aurillac is at to the southeast of Paris and at to the south of Toulouse. The commune of Aurillac is surrounded by the communes Crandelles, Naucelles, Saint-Simon, Giou-de-Mamou, Arpajon- sur-Cère, Roannes-Saint-Mary, Sansac-de-Marmiesse and Ytrac. ===Climate=== Aurillac has an oceanic climate (subtype Cfb in the Köppen climate classification) with cold winters and hot summers due to its distance from the ocean. The average temperature for the year in Aurillac 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 Aurillac is . The month with the most precipitation on average is December with of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is June with an average of . ==Population== The inhabitants of Aurillac are known, in French, as Aurillacois (women: Aurillacoises). The city of Aurillac has a population, in 2014, of 26,135; its population density is of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Aurillac 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:35000 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:2011 text:2011 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1968 from:0 till: 28226 bar:1975 from:0 till: 30863 bar:1982 from:0 till: 30963 bar:1990 from:0 till: 30773 bar:1999 from:0 till: 30551 bar:2006 from:0 till: 29477 bar:2011 from:0 till: 27338 bar:2014 from:0 till: 26135 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 28226 fontsize:S text: 28,226 shift:(-12,5) bar:1975 at: 30863 fontsize:S text: 30,863 shift:(-18,5) bar:1982 at: 30963 fontsize:S text: 30,963 shift:(-18,5) bar:1990 at: 30773 fontsize:S text: 30,773 shift:(-18,5) bar:1999 at: 30551 fontsize:S text: 30,551 shift:(-18,5) bar:2006 at: 29477 fontsize:S text: 29,477 shift:(-18,5) bar:2011 at: 27338 fontsize:S text: 27,338 shift:(-18,5) bar:2014 at: 26135 fontsize:S text: 26,135 shift:(-18,5) == Administration == Aurillac is the prefecture of the Cantal department, the capital of the arrondissement of Aurillac and the administrative centre  of three cantons: # Aurillac-1 : 2 communes with 10,296 inhabitants (2014) # Aurillac-2 : 1 commune with 9,591 inhabitants (2014) # Aurillac-3 : 1 commune with 10,369 inhabitants (2014) It is part of the intercommunality Bassin d'Aurillac . === Sister cities === Aurillac and Arpajon-sur-Cère are twinned with: * Bocholt (Germany) since 1972. * Bassetlaw (United Kingdom) since 1980. * Bougouni (Mali) since 1985. * Altea (Spain) since 1992. * Vorona (Romania) since 2000. ==Sites of interest== * Saint-Géraud d'Aurillac Abbey (11th century) * Notre-Dame-aux-Neiges church (1332) * Chateau of Saint-Etienne (9th century) * Aurillac Town Hall (17th century) ==Gallery== thumb|center|upright=2.9|Overview of Aurillac File:Aurillac ChateauSaintEtienne.jpg|Chateau de Saint-Etienne File:Aurillac - Hôtel de ville -1.jpg|Aurillac City Hall File:Aurillac - Eglise Saint-Géraud -1.jpg|Saint-Géraud church File:Aurillac - Eglise Notre-Dame-aux-Neiges -1.jpg|Notre-Dame-aux-Neiges church ==Related pages== * Arrondissement of Aurillac * Communes of the Cantal department