Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac

Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac
A general view of Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac A general view of Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac
Coat of arms of Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac Coat of arms
Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Rodez
Canton	Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Fontanier
Area1	78.65 km2 (30.37 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	549
• Density	7.0/km2 (18/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	12214 / 12470
Elevation	560–1,405 m (1,837–4,610 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.

Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France about 7 kilometres from Aubrac.

Location

The town is in a large and beautiful green valley on the GR 65, the Way of Saint James pilgrim route. When travelling on the long distance footpath, Saint Chély d'Aubrac is the next town after Aubrac. Going down a wild, wooded valley, the walker discovers this little town in a large clearing and comes into the town by the old bridge with its pilgrim's cross, like the pilgrims of the past.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,034	—
1800	2,383	+17.2%
1806	3,253	+36.5%
1821	3,326	+2.2%
1831	3,289	−1.1%
1836	3,044	−7.4%
1841	2,088	−31.4%
1846	1,994	−4.5%
1851	2,110	+5.8%
1856	1,873	−11.2%
1861	1,697	−9.4%
1866	1,809	+6.6%
1872	1,828	+1.1%
1876	1,815	−0.7%
1881	1,799	−0.9%
1886	1,867	+3.8%
1891	1,760	−5.7%
1896	1,590	−9.7%
1901	1,632	+2.6%
1906	1,600	−2.0%
1911	1,594	−0.4%
1921	1,272	−20.2%
1926	1,241	−2.4%
1931	1,149	−7.4%
1936	1,149	+0.0%
1946	1,082	−5.8%
1954	899	−16.9%
1962	820	−8.8%
1968	726	−11.5%
1975	606	−16.5%
1982	556	−8.3%
1990	547	−1.6%
1999	532	−2.7%
2008	549	+3.2%

Landscape

The town has been a member of the Natura 2000 network since August 2006. It hosts an annual chess festival.

Sights

• Jardin botanique d'Aubrac

Cooking

• Aligot
• Site of French Cooking

Annual chess festival

• open de Saint Chély d'Aubrac
• Inscriptions 2005

Gallery

• Saint chely d'aubrac vallee.jpg

  Saint-Chély: landscape

• Croix des pelerins nettoyée.jpg

  Pilgrim's Cross

• Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac Bas relief Eglise.jpg

  médieval stone

• 

  English possessions XVth

See also

• Communes of the Aveyron department

References

• INSEE

External links

• zoom and move
• Way of Saint James
• GR65
• The pilgrims' bridge
• Saint Chély photos
• Aubrac's Cows
• The little river of fair water for fishing
• Official site
• Way of Saint-James
• Chemins de Grande Randonnée GR65
• Picture site
• Fishing site
• Aubrac
• Hiking in Saint-Chely d'Aubrac
• Aubrac
• Satellite viewer Zorgloob