La Cavalerie

La Cavalerie
Restored ramparts
Location of La Cavalerie
La Cavalerie
La Cavalerie
Coordinates: 44°00′35″N 3°09′36″E / 44.0097°N 3.16°E / 44.0097; 3.16
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAveyron
ArrondissementMillau
CantonCausses-Rougiers
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) François Rodriguez[1]
Area
1
40.56 km2 (15.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
2,223
 • Density54.81/km2 (142.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
12063 /12230
Elevation764–892 m (2,507–2,927 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.

La Cavalerie (French pronunciation: [la kavalʁi]; Occitan: La Cavalariá) 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.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 734—    
1975 748+0.27%
1982 900+2.68%
1990 701−3.08%
1999 813+1.66%
2007 999+2.61%
2012 1,058+1.15%
2017 1,441+6.37%
2023 2,223+7.49%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE