La Canourgue

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of La Canourgue

(2020–2026) Claude Malzac^[1]Area

104.29 km² (40.27 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,099 • Density20/km² (52/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

48034 /48500

Elevation521–1,008 m (1,709–3,307 ft)
(avg. 563 m or 1,847 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Canourgue (French pronunciation: [la kanuʁɡ]; Occitan: La Canorga) is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.^[3] It is sometimes referred to in French as "La petite Venise lozérienne", the Little Venice of Lozère.

The commune served as a location for the 2006 film A Good Year.^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,719	—
1975	1,850	+1.05%
1982	1,804	−0.36%
1990	1,817	+0.09%
1999	1,922	+0.63%
2007	2,116	+1.21%
2012	2,143	+0.25%
2017	2,161	+0.17%
Source: INSEE^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Postcards from Provence. A Good Year DVD. 2007.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE