Commune of Millau
Location
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Administration
Country	France
Region	Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Aveyron (sous-préfecture)
Arrondissement	Millau
Canton	Chief town of 2 cantons
Mayor	Jacques Godfrain (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	340 m–888 m (avg. 379 m)
Land area¹	168.23 km²
Population² (1999)	21,339
- Density (1999)	126.8/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	12145/ 12100
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Millau is a town and commune of southern France. It is located at where the Tarn and Dourbie rivers meet. Already in the first century AD there was a settlement on the spot, called Condatomagus, which was a major earthenware centre in the Roman Empire, La Graufesenque. The town is known for its gloves and most recently for the Millau viaduct, the tallest cable-stayed road bridge in the world, which carries the A75 autoroute across the valley of the River Tarn near Millau, relieving the town of much traffic, especially during the summer months. Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including independent states (both those that are internationally recognised and generally unrecognised), inhabited dependent territories and areas of special sovereignty. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Capital Toulouse Land area¹ 45,348 km² Regional President Martin Malvy (PS) (since 1998) Population  - Jan. ... Departments (French: départements) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... Aveyron (Occitan: Avairon) is a department in southern France named after the Aveyron River. ... Subprefecture is an administrative level that is below prefecture or province. ... The 100 French départements are divided into 342 arrondissements. ... The arrondissement of Millau is an arrondissement of France, located in the Aveyron département, in the Midi-Pyrénées région. ... The cantons of France are administrative divisions subdividing arrondissements and départements. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... INSEE is the French abbreviation for the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (French: Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques). ... Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Rio de la Plata estuary Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Estuaries An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea[1]. Estuaries are often associated with high rates of... This page lists English translations of several Latin phrases and abbreviations, such as and . ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... For other uses, see Tarn (disambiguation). ... Earthenware is a common ceramic material, which is used extensively for pottery tableware and decorative objects. ... Motto Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) The Roman Empire at its greatest extent, c. ... La Graufesenque is an archaological site 2km from Millau, Aveyron, France at the junction of the Tarn and Dourbie rivers. ... The Millau Viaduct (French: le Viaduc de Millau) is a cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France. ... A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more columns (normally referred to as towers or pylons), with cables supporting the bridge deck. ... Torontos Bloor Street Viaduct bridges the Don valley; road traffic uses the upper deck, rail traffic uses the lower deck. ... The A75 is an autoroute (motorway) in France. ... The Tarn River (from the Latin tarnis meaning rapid or walled in) is a 375 kilometre (235 miles) long tributary river of the Garonne, and flows through the départements of Lozère (Languedoc-Roussillon région), Aveyron, and then the eponymous Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne départements, the...

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Administration

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Tourism

• The glove museum
• Micropolis; the city of insects
• Millau is also the main centre in France for paragliding
• The nearby underground caves for Roquefort cheese production
• The Place du Maréchal Foch, a square with 12th century arcades, one of which carries the inscription Gara qué faras or Watch what you are doing
• Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Espinasse. This church allegedly once possessed a part of the Crown of Thorns, making it an important pilgrimage centre in the Middle Ages. The church was destroyed in 1582 but rebuild in the 17th century. The frescoes from 1939 are by Jean Bernard, the stained-glass windows from 1984 by Claude Baillon.
• The Passage du Pozous is a 13th century fortified gateway
• The Belfry, a 12th century square tower topped by an octagonal 17th century tower on the place Emma Calvé

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External links

• Millau city council website (in French)
• Tourist office website