La Canourgue

La Canourgue

The road through La Canourgue

Coat of arms
La Canourgue

Coordinates: 44°26′01″N 3°12′56″E / 44.4336°N 3.2156°E / 44.4336; 3.2156Coordinates: 44°26′01″N 3°12′56″E / 44.4336°N 3.2156°E / 44.4336; 3.2156
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Lozère
Arrondissement Mende
Canton La Canourgue
Intercommunality Aubrac-Lot-Causse
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jacques Blanc[1]
Area1 104.29 km2 (40.27 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 1,922
  Density 18/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 48034 / 48500
Elevation 521–1,008 m (1,709–3,307 ft)
(avg. 563 m or 1,847 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

La Canourgue is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France. It is sometimes known in French as "La petite Venise lozérienne", the Little Venice of Lozère.

The commune served as a location for the 2006 film A Good Year.[2]

See also

References

  1. Site du conseil général de la Lozère
  2. Postcards from Provence. A Good Year DVD. 2007.
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