Le Truel
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{short description|Commune in Occitanie, France}}
{{Expand French|topic=geo|date=December 2008|Le Truel}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Le Truel
|commune status = Commune
|image = Le Truel-Ausblick von Costecalde 0146.JPG
|caption = Vista from Costecalde
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Le Truel 12.svg
|arrondissement = Millau
|canton = Raspes et Lévezou
|INSEE = 12284
|postal code = 12430
|mayor = Jean-Pierre Alibert{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality =
|coordinates = {{coord|44.0503|2.7556|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 260
|elevation min m = 260
|elevation max m = 828
|area km2 = 26.48
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Le Truel ({{IPA|fr|lə tʁyɛl}}; {{langx|oc|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.
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 {{Convert|20|mi}} to the west. The commune is approached along the D200 which connects it to the A75 autoroute. The D200 runs alongside the Tarn which has been dammed and provides the power for two hydro-electric generating plants, Jourdanie and Le Pouget.
Economy
=Barrage du Truel=
The Tarn has been dammed there and electricity is generated by two Kaplan turbines producing 27 KW.[http://hydroweb5.free.fr/hydroweb.php?page=hydro_centrales.php&HWC=4 Hydroweb Pouget] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910222325/http://hydroweb5.free.fr/hydroweb.php?page=hydro_centrales.php&HWC=4 |date=2011-09-10 }}, French, accessed 2012-09-26
=Le Pouget=
{{main|Le Pouget (power station)}}
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.
Population
{{Historical populations
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1962|349|
1968|473|
1975|418|
1982|445|
1990|384|
1999|369|
2008|345|
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Gallery
File:Le-Truel 0186.JPG|
File:Le-Truel 0158.JPG|
File:Le-Truel 0160.JPG|
File:Le-Truel 0157.JPG|
File:Le Truel-December 0685.JPG|
File:Le Truel-December 0683.JPG|
File:Le Truel-Le Stade de Costecalde 0610.JPG|
File:Le Truel-Le Stade de Costecalde 0608.JPG|
File:FR-12-Jourdanie.JPG|
File:FR-12-Le Truel.JPG|
File:Le Truel- Costecalde 0120.JPG|
File:Le Truel-Ausblick von Costecalde 0096.JPG|
File:Le Truel-Ausblick von Costecalde 0143.JPG|
File:Le Truel-Ausblick von Costecalde 0148.JPG|
File:Le Truel-Ausblick von Costecalde 0149.JPG|
File:Le Truel-December 0672.JPG|
See also
References
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Category:Aveyron communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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