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Country
  
Department
  
Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
26.48 km²

Population
  
369 (1999)

Region
  
Occitanie

Canton
  
Saint-Rome-de-Tarn

INSEE/Postal code
  
12284 / 12430

Local time
  
Tuesday 7:42 AM

Arrondissement
  
Le Truel wwwfrancevoyagecomvisualscommunesletruel13

Weather
  
7°C, Wind NW at 10 km/h, 82% Humidity

Le Truel (Occitan:Lo Truèlh) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. The village was in the ancient province of Rouergue where they spoke in the rouergat patois of Occitan.

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Map of 12430 Le Truel, France

Geography

The commune is on the southern edge of the Massif Central. The hamlets to the north have commanding views of the Cevennes and the Millau Viaduct, which is 20 miles (32 km) to the west. The commune is approached along the D200 which connects it to the A75 autoroute. The D200 runs alongside the River Tarn which has been dammed and provides the power for two hydro-electric generating plants, Jourdanie and Le Pouget.

Economy

The economy is rural and traditionally was based on the raising of sheep to produce milk for sheep cheeses such as Roquefort. The agriculture has diversified into the raising of veal calves.

Barrage du Truel

The Tarn has been dammed there and electricity is generated by two Kaplan turbines producing 27 KW.

Le Pouget

Adjacent to the Barrage du Truel at 275 metres, is the Le Pouget power station. It is powered by waters from the Lévézou plateau delivered by penstocks from the Lac de Villefranche-de-Panat and the Lac de Saint-Amans both at 727 m. Le Pouget delivers 440 MW.

References

Le Truel Wikipedia


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