Camarès
Commune
A general view of Camarès
Coat of arms
Location of Camarès
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Coordinates: 43°49′24″N 2°52′49″E / 43.8233°N 2.8803°E / 43.8233; 2.8803
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Millau
Canton	Causses-Rougiers
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Cyril Touzet [1]
Area 1	41.86 km2 (16.16 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]	1,025
• Density	24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 ( CET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	12044 /12360
Elevation	356–968 m (1,168–3,176 ft) (avg. 383 m or 1,257 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Camarès (French pronunciation: [kamaʁɛs]; Occitan: Lo Pont de Camarés) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.

Geography

Situated 23 kilometres south of Saint-Affrique and 80 kilometres from Béziers, the commune is traversed by the Dourdou de Camarès and sits at the foot of the Monts de Lacaune.

Its red soil, le rougier, is a schistose sandstone. It covers a rich substrate which was exploited for the first mines of copper and argentiferous lead during the Gallo-Roman era.

The commune includes a thermal basin with springs that are no longer in use today: Prugnes les eaux, Andabre, Le Cayla et Sylvanès (eau thermale).

Population

See also

• Communes of the Aveyron department
• List of medieval bridges in France

References

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