Cransac

Commune in Occitanie, France

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Commune in Occitania, France

Cransac
Commune
The thermal baths The thermal baths
Coat of arms of Cransac Coat of arms
Location of Cransac Map
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Coordinates: 44°31′33′′N 2°17′07′′E / 44.5258°N 2.2853°E / 44.5258; 2.2853
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Villefranche-de-Rouergue
Canton	Enne et Alzou
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Bernard Canac^[1]
Area ¹	6.91 km² (2.67 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	1,464
• Density	210/km² (550/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	12083 /12110
Elevation	274–470 m (899–1,542 ft) (avg. 277 m or 909 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cransac (French pronunciation: [kʁɑ̃sak] ) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Cransac station has rail connections to Brive-la-Gaillarde, Figeac and Rodez.

The town was a coal-mining centre until the mine closed in 1962.^[3] Cransac has mineral springs, known in the middle ages. There are iron-mines in the neighbourhood. Hills to the north of the town contain disused coal-mines which have been on fire for centuries. About 8 kilometres (8,000 m) to the south is the fine Renaissance château of Bournazel, built for the most part by Jean de Buisson, baron of Bournazel, about 1545. The barony of Bournazel became a marquisate in 1624.^[4]

Smoke escaping from the "Burning Mountain"

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	2,356	—
1968	3,244	+37.7%
1975	2,870	−11.5%
1982	2,520	−12.2%
1990	2,180	−13.5%
1999	1,821	−16.5%
2008	1,681	−7.7%

References

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^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
^ "The Burning Mountain". Experience (my) France. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cransac". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 378.