La Cavalerie
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Restored ramparts
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 La Cavalerie
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Location within Occitanie region
La Cavalerie
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| Coordinates: 44°00′35″N 3°09′36″E / 44.0097°N 3.16°ECoordinates: 44°00′35″N 3°09′36″E / 44.0097°N 3.16°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Aveyron |
| Arrondissement | Millau |
| Canton | Causses-Rougiers |
| Intercommunality | Larzac Dourbie |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Robert Muret |
| Area1 | 40.56 km2 (15.66 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 1,021 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 12063 /12230 |
| Elevation | 764–892 m (2,507–2,927 ft) (avg. 800 m or 2,600 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
La Cavalerie is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. During the 1970s it became the focal point of peasant resistance to the proposed extension of the Larzac military training base, just to the north.
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