Bozouls (; ) is a
commune in the southern French
department of
Aveyron
Aveyron (; ) is a Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Southern France. It was named after the river Aveyron (river), Aveyron. Its inhabitants are known as ''Aveyro ...
.
It is located on Route Maquis de Jean Pierre (D20), 23 kilometers northeast of
Rodez
Rodez (, , ; , ) is a small city and commune in the South of France, about 150 km northeast of Toulouse. It is the prefecture of the department of Aveyron, region of Occitania (formerly Midi-Pyrénées). Rodez is the seat of the communau ...
.
It sits on the edge of a gorge created by the river
Dourdou de Conques
The Dourdou de Conques (, ''Dourdou of Conques'') is an long river in the department of Aveyron, southern France. Its source is near the village of Lassouts. It flows generally west. It is a left tributary of the Lot, into which it flows near ...
.
Bozouls is the setting of the 2024
neo-noir
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television series ''
Monsieur Spade
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Premise
The series was originally released in the United States ...
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AMC
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and
Canal+
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.
Population
Notable people and residents in Bozouls
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Richard Belzer
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- American actor
See also
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Communes of the Aveyron department
The following is a list of the 285 communes of the Aveyron department of France. Out of the land area is being , and the percentage of the department's land area is just 34 per cent of its land area of an average commune.
The communes cooperat ...
References
External links
Official Tourism information (French)
*Official English language tourism website (defunct)
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Communes of Aveyron
Aveyron communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia