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Aurillac (''Orlhac'' in Occitan) is a French commune, capital of the Cantal department, in the Auvergne region of south-central France, . The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Aurillacois'' or ''Aurillacoises''.〔(Inhabitants of Cantal ) 〕 The commune has been awarded three flowers by the ''National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom'' in the ''Competition of cities and villages in Bloom''.〔(Aurillac in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom ) 〕 == Geography == Aurillac is at 600 metres above sea level and located at the foot of the Cantal mountains in a small Sedimentary basin. The city is built on the banks of the Jordanne, a tributary of the Cère. It is south of Paris and north of Toulouse. Aurillac was part of a former Auvergne province called Haute-Auvergne and is only away from the heart of the Auvergne Volcano Park. Access to the commune is by numerous roads including the D922 from Naucelles in the north, the D17 from Saint-Simon in the north-east, Route nationale N122 from Polminhac in the east which continues to Sansac-de-Marmiesse in the south-west, the D920 to Arpajon-sur-Cère in the south-east, and the D18 to Ytrac in the west.〔(Google Maps )〕 The Figeac-Arvant railway passes through the commune with a station in the centre of town but there is no TGV service. About 50% of the commune is urbanised with farmland to the east and west of the urban area. Aurillac – Tronquières Airport is located in the south of the commune with its runway extending beyond the commune boundary. It is connected to Paris by two daily flights by the Air France subsidiary HOP!. The Jordanne river flows through the heart of the commune from north to south where it joins the Cère just south of the commune. === Localities and Districts === *Boudieu on the N122, which is called the ''Route de Sansac-de-Marmiesse'' or ''de Toulouse'', is a farm with a farm house from the 1900s and three farm buildings. *Boudieu-Bas on the N122 is a set of houses built in the 1960s with some buildings used commercially or for crafts. *Gueret on the N122 is a farm with two houses and two agricultural buildings. This hamlet is traversed by an old country road from a place formerly called ''Julien'' from which name for the SNCF ''Julien Bridge'' comes. The former ''Julien'' is towards the Chateau of Tronquières in the urban area on Avenue Charles de Gaulle opposite the Medico-Surgical Centre (CMC). This farm with its house and barn were absorbed by the city on the creation of a district in the 1970s until the mid 1980s. The agricultural buildings were demolished to make room for a shop. *La Sablère on the RN122 is a set of dwellings mostly from the 1980s. Originally there was a farm. This place spreads over two communes: Aurillac and Arpajon-sur-Cere with the majority of the buildings in Arpajon-sur-Cere. *Le Barra near the avenue Aristide Briand, also called the ''Ancienne route de Vic'' or the old N120. This is a farm and houses. *Les Quatre Chemins at the intersection of the D120 and the D922 on the borders of Aurillac, Naucelles, and Ytrac. It is a complex of commercial buildings and residences on the crossroads of the two former National highways. *Tronquières on an avenue. Originally it was a farm with a chateau but the chateau and outbuildings were demolished in 2011. Today it is a grouping of housing units specializing in housing assistance for the integration of disabled people (ADAPEI) and the airport. It is the reception area for travellers to the city and a former landfill and rubbish centre. Before the construction of the airport the meadows were areas for summer grazing for nearby farms such as the Boudieu farm. === Neighbouring communes and villages === ===Climate=== Aurillac has a degraded oceanic climate with cold winters and hot summers due to its distance from the ocean. Rainfall, however, is abundant with 1174mm and 130 days per year with precipitation. Snow is common and sometimes abundant with 31 snow days per year and during some snowfalls the quantity of snow can be high. Frost is very common with 80 days of frost per year with the period of freezing frequently extending from October to May. Despite its altitude, Aurillac still has 8 days of high temperatures. Days with heavy frosts are frequent (21 days). The city also has 2118 sunshine hours per year. The record low temperature was -24.5 °C on 9 January 1985 and the record high was 38.0 °C on 30 July 1983. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aurillac」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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