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Key figures

Here are a few key figures representative of our region.
You will discover that three administrative regions + three departments = one region - the Aubrac !

The Aubrac

Covers 2500 km²

6 inhabitants per km2

3 departments (Aveyron, Cantal, Lozère) and 3 administrative regions (Midi-Pyrénées, Auvergne, Languedoc-Roussillon)

Very varied flora considered to be among the richest in Europe

Aubrac-Laguiole region

311.3 km²

3435 inhabitants

1000 m above sea level on average

1439 m above sea level: highest point in the region

3 long hiking trails passing through the region (GR65-Via Podiensis, Tour of the Monts d'Aubrac and Road to St Guilhem)

3: is the number of stars achieved by Michel and Sébastien Bras for their cuisine

1120: first construction at the Aubrac monastery-hospital

25 May: traditionally the date when the herds of Aubrac cattle go to their pastures in the medium mountains

13 October: traditionally the date when they come back down

1828: Installation of the first cutlers in Laguiole

1840: Addition of the punch to the Laguiole knife

1880: Addition of the corkscrew to the Laguiole knife