Horned

Cornus is a common French, located in the department of the Aveyron and the area the Midday-Pyrenees. Its inhabitants is called Cornusols.

Geography

Located in the western south of the plate of Larzac, Cornus dominates the valley of Sorgues, at an altitude of 630 meters, and counts 377 inhabitants today.

History

Horned, near to the confluence of Sorgues and the brook of Boras, was one of the passages between Rouergue and Languedoc. There were formerly an important industrial activity related to the richnesses of the basement and breeding of the causse (paper mills, spinning mills, tanneries, mills, cellars).

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

  • Civil architecture

    • Vestiges of the tower of Pivot.
    • Castle of Sorgues, manor of XVe century, restored.

  • crowned Architecture

    • Church XIXe century: monumental white limestone retable.
    • Church of Canals.
    • Church of the Country house-of-Font: wall-belfry.
    • Protestant Temple.

  • prehistoric Vestiges and antiques

    • sepulchral Cave of Rouch Camp: furniture of the chalcolithique one.
    • Dolmens.
    • Gallo-Roman Lucky finds in Sorgues.

  • Museum of the Traditions of South-Aveyron

Personalities related to the commune

See too

  • Common of Aveyron

External bonds

  • Tourist office of Larzac Templier Causses and VallĂ©es

  • Horned on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Horned on the site of INSEE
  • Localization the Horned ones on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane the Horned ones on Mapquest

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