Cransac

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Cransac
Commune
The thermal baths
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 44°31′33″N 2°17′07″E / 44.5258°N 2.2853°E / 44.5258; 2.2853Coordinates: 44°31′33″N 2°17′07″E / 44.5258°N 2.2853°E / 44.5258; 2.2853
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Villefranche-de-Rouergue
Canton	Enne et Alzou
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Raffi
Area 1	6.91 km2 (2.67 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	1,490
• Density	220/km2 (560/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.

The town was a coal-mining centre until the mine closed in 1962.^[2] 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.^[3]

Smoke escaping from the "Burning Mountain"

Population[]

See also[]

• Communes of the Aveyron department

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