Decazeville
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| Commune of Decazeville | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 02° 15' 23" E |
| Latitude | 44° 33' 35" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Midi-Pyrénées |
| Department | Aveyron |
| Arrondissement | Villefranche-de-Rouergue |
| Canton | Decazeville |
| Mayor | Pierre Gadea (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 163 m–454 m (avg. 225 m) |
| Land area¹ | 13.88 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
6,805 |
| - Density (1999) | 490/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 12089/ 12300 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Decazeville (or La Sala in Occitan) is a commune of the Aveyron département, in southwestern France.
The town was named after Élie, duc Decazes.
Decazeville is an old industrial mining town. Conques and Marcillac-Vallon are nearby villages that are popular with tourists.
[edit] See also
- List of places named after people
- Héroïnes, a 1997 film partly set in Decazeville
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