Le Truel
Le Truel is a barrage and hydroelectric power station on the River Tarn in Le Truel in Aveyron, southern France. It is upstream and adjacent to Le Pouget power station and the tail race from Le Pouget empties above the barrage.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Le Pouget substation and Église Notre-Dame-du-Désert de Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu.
Le Pouget substation
Electrical substation
Le Pouget substation is an electrical substation, which is situated 150 metres southwest of Le Truel.
Église Notre-Dame-du-Désert de Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu
Church
Église Notre-Dame-du-Désert de Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu is a church, which is situated 1¼ km east of Le Truel.
Lac de Saint-Amans
Reservoir
Lac de Saint-Amans is an artificial lake in Le Truel, Aveyron, France close to Villefranche-de-Panat, and 500m above the Tarn. At an elevation of 727 m, it has surface area of 0.11 km2.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Le Truel and Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu.
Le Truel
Village
Le Truel is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. The village was in the ancient province of Rouergue where they spoke in the rouergat patois of Occitan.
Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu
Hamlet
Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.
Le Truel
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in France
- Categories: hydroelectric power station and hydroelectric dam
- Location: Ayssènes, Arrondissement of Millau, Aveyron, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Latitude
44.06006° or 44° 3′ 36″ north
Longitude
2.76943° or 2° 46′ 10″ east
Inception
1958
Operator
Open location code
8FP43Q69+2Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From French to Persian—“Le Truel” goes by many names.
- French: “barrage du Pouget”
- French: “barrage du Truel”
- French: “Barrage du Truel”
- French: “centrale hydroélectrique du Pouget”
- French: “centrale hydroélectrique du Truel”
- Persian: “نیروگاه لو ترول”
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Highlights include Roc Saint-Jean and Ruine du forteresse Ayssénes.
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