Arques, Aveyron

Arques
Commune
A general view of Arques
Location of Arques
Arques Arques
Coordinates: 44°19′05″N 2°48′05″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Millau
Canton	Raspes et Lévezou
Intercommunality	Pays de Salars
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Bernard Andrieu
Area 1	11.29 km2 (4.36 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	161
• Density	14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	12010 /12290
Elevation	714–947 m (2,343–3,107 ft) (avg. 800 m or 2,600 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arques is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arcasois or Arcasoises

Geography

Arques is located some 16 km east by south-east of Rodez and 6 km south of Laissac. Access to the commune is by road D29 from Agen-d'Aveyron in the north-west passing through the commune and the village and continuing south-east to Ségur. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Le Mazet in the eastern arm of the commune and Moulin Fabre and Recoules south of the village. Except for two forests in the north the commune is entirely farmland.

The Ruisseau des Gardies rises in the north of the commune and flows south through the village joining the Viaur south of the village. The Ruisseau de Clauverhes rises in the north-east of the commune and flows south-east to join the Viaur south of the village. The Viaur river flows from the south-west through the southern part of the commune and forming part of the southern border before continuing west to the Barrage of Pont-de-Salars then continuing west to eventually join the Aveyron river at Saint-Martin-Laguépie.

Toponymy

The word Arques derives from the Latin arx meaning "fortress".

History

The lordship of Arques extended over the Palanges mountains and included the current commune of the same name plus two enclaves currently in the communes of Segur and Vézins-de-Lévézou. Arques is mentioned in a donation to the Abbey of Conques in 1079. It was later attached to the Abbey of La Chaise-Dieu. It was a dependency of the Lordship of Montrozier, under the Count of Rodez, then of the king.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1935

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1792	1793	Jean Clusel
1793	1796	Laurens Carrie
1796	1800	François Routaboul
1800	1805	Jean-Louis Fabre
1805	1836	Jean Clusel
1836	1837	Firmin Carrie
1837	1847	Jean Victor Clusel
1847	1848	Pierre François Gineste
1848	1870	Basile Gineste
1870	1876	Louis Poujade
1876	1892	Henri Marican
1892	1900	Casimir Fabre
1900	1904	Henri Marican
1904	1916	Basile Gineste
1916	1919	Joseph Amans
1919	1935	Marty Bru

The Town Hall

Mayors from 1935

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1935	1965	Joseph Amans
1965	1976	Albert Gineste
1976	1977	Guy Gineste
1977	Current	Bernard Andrieu	UMP then LR

(Not all data is known)

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2004	130	—
2006	133	+2.3%
2007	128	−3.8%
2008	123	−3.9%
2009	118	−4.1%
2010	118	+0.0%
2011	118	+0.0%
2012	120	+1.7%
2013	123	+2.5%
2014	125	+1.6%
2015	128	+2.4%
2016	127	−0.8%

Arques War Memorial

Distribution of Age Groups

The table below compares the gender and age of the population with that of the department of Aveyron in the year 2017.

Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Arques and Aveyron Department in 2017

	Arques		Aveyron
Age Range	Men	Women	Men	Women
0 to 14 Years	23	19	16.1	14.7
15 to 29 Years	13	10	14.6	12.3
30 to 44 Years	24	24	16.6	15.9
45 to 59 Years	15	16	21.3	20.5
60 to 74 Years	21	21	20.1	20.1
75 to 89 Years	4	9	10.2	13.8
90 Years+	1	1	1.1	2.7

Source: INSEE

Sites and Monuments

The Church Tower with the Bronze Bell

• A Parish Church from the 16th century, a Bell-gable, and an altarpiece from the 17th century - gilded in the 18th century. A Bronze Bell (1755) is registered as a historical monument.
• The Rives Viaur, a hilly site at the end of Lake Pont-de-Salars.

See also

• Communes of the Aveyron department

Bibliography

• Christian-Pierre Bedel (preface, Alain Pichon), Lo Pònt : Agenh, Arcas, Canet, Flavinh, Pradas, Tremolhas, Lo Vibal / Christian-Pierre Bedel e los estatjants del canton del Pònt, Rodez, Departmental Mission for culture, coll. "Al Canton", 1995, ill., cover ill.; 28 cm, 239 p. (ISBN 978-2-907279-20-8, ISSN 1151-8375, Notice BnF No. FRBNF36688567g) (Occitan/French)

External links

• Arques on Lion1906
• Arques on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Argues on the 1750 Cassini Map