Ayrens

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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::summary Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox French commune"]

FieldValue
nameAyrens
commune statusCommune
imageChateau clavieres-ayrens ruines façade.jpg
captionRuins of the chateau of Clavières-Ayrens
arrondissementAurillac
cantonSaint-Paul-des-Landes
INSEE15016
postal code15250
mayorHubert Bonhommet
term2020–2026
intercommunalityCA Aurillac Agglomération
coordinates
elevation min m517
elevation max m729
area km225.5
population
population date
population footnotes
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Ayrens is a commune in the Cantal department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-central France.

Geography

Ayrens is located some 15 km north-west of Aurillac and 5 km north of Saint-Paul-des-Landes. Access to the commune is by road D52 from Teissières-de-Cornet in the south-east which passes through the village and continues west then south to join the D120 north-east of Laroquebrou. The D53 comes from Saint-Paul-des-Landes in the south and also passes through the village before continuing north-east to join the D6 near the border of the commune. The D352 goes north from the village to join the D53 north of the commune. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of:

  • Les Baraques
  • Le Bos Niac
  • Boutonnet
  • Cels
  • Ciels
  • Colin
  • La Croix-Longue
  • Jammes
  • Le Mont
  • Renac
  • Selves
  • Serieys
  • Tannuies
  • La Tronque

The commune is mainly farmland with extensive forests in the northern part.

The Ruisseau du Meyrou flows from the south-east through the south of the commune forming a small part of the western border before continuing north to join the Eize. The Ruisseau d'Ayrens rises in the east of the commune and flows west through the village to the join the Ruisseau du Meyrou on the western border of the commune. The Ruisseau de Braulle flows from the west of the commune through the centre north of the village to join the Ruisseau du Meyrou on the western border. The Ruisseau de Praniac rises in the north of the commune and forms part of the northern border as it flows west to join the Eize.

Neighbouring communes and villages

|width=auto |Centre = Ayrens |North = Saint-Illide |Northeast = Freix-Anglards |East = Jussac |Southeast = Teissières-de-Cornet |South = Saint-Paul-des-Landes |Southwest = Saint-Gérons |West = Laroquebrou |Northwest = Saint-Santin-Cantalès

History

Ayrens commune lies on the Paris meridian and on the 45th parallel north (). It was therefore the fundamental point for the Bonne projection used in the Carte d'État-Major (General Staff Map) in the 19th century.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors |title=Mayors from the French Revolution to 1935 |titlestyle = background:palegreen; ::data[format=table]

FromToName
17901793Louis Linthilac
17931793François Maleprade
17931795Louis Dejour
17951796Guillaume Lafon
17961798René Andrieu
17981799Pierre Lallier
17991802Jean Vabret
18021802Louis Bonhomme
18021803François Maleprade
18031804Antoine Maisonobe
18051805François Capelle
18051806Antoine Maisonobe
18061808Charles Devèze
18081816Antoine Bonhomme
18161820Salvenie de Montal
18201848Antoine de Montal
18481852Durand Lafon
18521857Louis Rengade
18571863Antoine Deconquand
18631876Jean Rengade
18761888Emile Gazard
18881896Amédée Rebeyrols
18961904Antoine Mallet
19041910Jean Léon Reniac
19101920Pierre Vidal
19201933Louis Maisonobe
19331935François Veschambres
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;Mayors from 1935

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FromToNamePartyPosition
19351945Pierre Poux
19431947François Veschambres
19471958Adrien Prunet
19581971Albert Moissinac
19712008Jean Chanut
20082014Robert Wallez
20142020Philippe Granier
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Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ayrencois or Ayrencoises in French.

| align = none | cols = 2 | percentages = pagr | source = EHESS and INSEE |1793 |1390 |1800 |1240 |1806 |1135 |1821 |1151 |1831 |1191 |1836 |1164 |1841 |1183 |1846 |1140 |1851 |1148 |1856 |1117 |1861 |1001 |1866 |1005 |1872 |990 |1876 |962 |1881 |960 |1886 |965 |1891 |1061 |1896 |912 |1901 |960 |1906 |852 |1911 |838 |1921 |740 |1926 |751 |1931 |702 |1936 |642 |1946 |632 |1954 |569 |1962 |513 |1968 |505 |1975 |444 |1982 |544 |1990 |545 |1999 |494 |2007 |551 |2012 |580 |2017 |652

Sites and monuments

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Chat_Clavieres-Ayrens_fac_1.jpg" caption="The Chateau of Clavières in 1900"] ::

File:Vitraux 007 Clavières-Ayrens.JPG|Stained glass in the Chateau of Clavières File:Vitraux 012- Château de Clavières-Ayrens (Cantal).JPG|Stained glass in the Chateau of Clavières File:Chateau Clavières-Ayrens statue troubadour 300x523.jpg|Statue of a Troubadour at the Chateau

  • The intersection of the Paris meridian and the 45th parallel north is in a field where four trees were planted on the occasion of the celebration of the Méridienne verte (Green Meridian) on 14 July 2000. The trees are arranged in a square whose vertices are directed toward the four cardinal points, which allows the determination of the exact intersection point.

Notable people linked to the commune

  • Cardinal Guillaume de La Jugie, restored then lived in the Château of Angouste in the 14th century.
  • Félix de la Salle de Rochemaure (1856–1915), French félibrige writer, lived in the Château of Clavières.
  • Jean Léon Sanis (Ayrens 1804-?), geographer, professor at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand.

References

References

  1. (9 August 2021). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
  2. [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ayrens,+France/@44.9802087,2.3239661,12873m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47f8078e57be102d:0xbcac5318a8c14199?hl=en Google Maps]
  3. fr
  4. [https://www.habitants.fr/cantal-15 Le nom des habitants du 15 - Cantal], habitants.fr
  5. {{Cassini-Ehess. 294. Ayrens
  6. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-15016#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
  7. [https://chateauclavieres.over-blog.com/article-482138.html ''' Château de Clavières'''] {{in lang. fr
  8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA15000361. IA15000361 Parc de Clavières {{in lang. fr
  9. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140808051008/http://www.sceaux.fr/sites/www.sceaux.fr/files/felibree2011-004-jm.pdf ''Félibrée de Sceaux'', Sunday 5 June 2011, intervention by Jacques Mouttet] {{in lang. fr
  10. Duc de La Salle de Rochemaure, ''Gerbert, Silvestre II'' Paul Émile, Paris, 1914 {{in lang. fr
  11. Marcellin Boudet, ''Necrology of the Duke of La Salle de Rochemaure'', 1915, in RHA, 60 p. {{in lang. fr

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