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Cornus

Tourism, holidays & weekends guide in the Aveyron

Cornus - Tourism, holidays & weekends guide in the Aveyron
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Located in the southwest of the Larzac plateau, Cornus dominates the valley of the Sorgue, at an altitude of 630 meters.

The village was home to Cornus long flourishing industrial activities related to the presence of La Sorgue and Boras: paper mills, the last closed in 1905, which turned the mills until 1925, the tanneries in the Middle Ages and the old regime, flour mills.

Cornus played an important role in the Reformation because instead embraced the Protestant religion. This village has a church and a temple. The latter was built in the 18th century by Paul Coulon, born in 1731 and Cornus trader at Neufchatel in Switzerland, in the upper part of town with narrow streets that preserves the remains of fortifications. The church dates from the 19th century, and contains an altar of white limestone, monumental, and a Madonna and Child Wood (eighteenth century).

Geographical information

MunicipalityCornus
Postcode12540
Latitude43.9025090 (N 43° 54’ 9”)
Longitude3.1786089 (E 3° 10’ 43”)
AltitudeFrom 496m to 887m
Surface area92.74 km²
Population526 inhabitants
Density5 inhabitants/km²
PrefectureRodez (97 km, 1:21)
Insee code12077
IntercommunalityCC Larzac et Vallées
DepartmentAveyron
TerritoriesMassif Central, Midi-Pyrénées
RegionOccitanie

Nearest cities & towns

Fondamente6.3 km (7 min)
Saint-Beaulize9.2 km (12 min)
L'Hospitalet-du-Larzac10.6 km (14 min)
Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon13.1 km (20 min)
Marnhagues-et-Latour14.8 km (18 min)
La Couvertoirade14.9 km (21 min)
La Cavalerie15.8 km (19 min)
Le Caylar16.6 km (20 min)
Lapanouse-de-Cernon16.6 km (24 min)
Les Rives17.2 km (25 min)
Le Clapier17.6 km (26 min)
Viala-du-Pas-de-Jaux18.1 km (25 min)
Saint-Félix-de-Sorgues19.1 km (23 min)
Saint-Jean-et-Saint-Paul20 km (28 min)

Things to see and do

Events and festivities

Photos

Village Square
Village Square
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View Cornus
View Cornus
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Church Bastide des Fonts
Church Bastide des Fonts
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Plateau Guilhaumard
Plateau Guilhaumard
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Weather

Thursday 28 march
Min. 3°C - Max. 12°C
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Friday 29 march
Min. 7°C - Max. 12°C
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Saturday 30 march
Min. 7°C - Max. 12°C
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Visits, leisure and activities nearby

Leisure activities

Last nameActivity typeRateCity
Visit the Roquefort cheese ripening caves
Local flavoursFreeRoquefort-sur-Soulzon (17.2 km)
Canyoning or Via ferrata in the Grands Causses Park
Sports sensations40 € Millau (23 km)
Discover Tarn by canoe & kayak
Sports sensations24 € to 26 € Comprégnac (27 km)
Wine-themed quad bike ride
Nature and the great outdoors155 € to 215 € Lacoste (35 km)
Quad discovery trek at Lake Salagou
Entertainment130 € to 165 € Lacoste (35 km)

Outings

Last nameOuting typeDifficultyDurationDeparture municipality
Serres of Blaquererie
HikeEasy4:00La Couvertoirade (11.1 km)
Discovery of Agro-pastoralism
HikeEasy2:00Viala-du-Pas-de-Jaux (11.5 km)
The Lion’s Rock (Rocher du Lion)
Village visitEasy2:00La Bastide-Pradines (15.2 km)
Walk to Navacelles
HikeEasy3:00Campestre-et-Luc (20 km)
Visit to a Knights Templar village
HikeEasy3:00Campestre-et-Luc (20 km)

Restaurants

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