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{{short description|Commune in Occitanie, France}}
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{{Expand French|topic=geo|date=December 2008|Laguiole (Aveyron)}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name               = Laguiole
|commune status     = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image              = Laguiole2.jpg
|caption            = The slate rooftops in Laguiole
|image coat of arms = Blason fr ville Laguiole (Aveyron).svg
|arrondissement     = Rodez
|canton             = Aubrac et Carladez
|INSEE              = 12119
|postal code        = 12210
|mayor              = Vincent Alazard<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
|term               = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality   =
|coordinates        = {{coord|44.685|2.8481|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m        = 1000
|elevation min m    = 868
|elevation max m    = 1342
|area km2           = 63.06
|population         = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date    = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
|website            = [http://www.laguiole12.fr/ www.laguiole12.fr]
}}

'''Laguiole''' ({{IPA|fr|lajɔl|}}; ''La Guiòla'' {{IPA|oc|laˈjɔlɔ|}} in [[Languedocien dialect|Languedocien]]) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the southern French [[Departments of France|department]] of [[Aveyron]].

The town's architectural heritage includes four buildings listed as historical monuments: the Church of Saint Matthew in Laguiole, listed in 1927; the Château de la Boissonnade, listed in 1928; the former presbytery of Laguiole (hospice), also listed in 1928; and the Château d'Oustrac, listed in 2007.<ref>[Jean-Marie Pierret], ''Phonétique historique du français et notions de phonétique générale'', Peeters, [[Louvain-la-Neuve]], 1994, {{p.|102}}.</ref>

== Geography ==
=== Location === 

The town is located in the Massif Central, on the central plateau of the Aubrac region of Aveyron, classified as a Natura 2000 protected area. 2000]].<ref>{{Légifrance|base=JORF|numéro=DEVN0650433A|texte=DEVN0650433A}}.</ref><ref>[http://natura2000.environnement.gouv.fr/sites/FR7300871.html Natura 2000: Site sheet FR7300871 (Central plateau of the Aveyron Aubrac)]</ref>

It is known for its [[Laguiole cheese]], which has an ''[[Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée]]'' (label of guaranteed origin), and as the birthplace of the [[Laguiole knife]]. The name of the village comes from ''la gleisòla'', meaning a little church.

=== Climate ===

In 2020, the climate is classified as Cfb (see the [[Köppen classification|Köppen-Geiger classification]]) for the period 1988-2017, namely a temperate climate with cool summers and no dry season.<ref>{{cite web |lang= fr|author=Vincent Dubreuil|title=Le changement climatique en France illustré par la classification de Köppen|magazine=La Météorologie |issue=116|date=February 2022|doi= 10.37053/lameteorologie-2022-0012|url=https://lameteorologie.fr/issues/2022/116/meteo_2022_116_37|access-date=25 October 2025}}</ref> Furthermore, Météo-France published a new typology of the climates of metropolitan France in 2020, in which the municipality is exposed to a mountain or mountain margin climate. Southeast of the [[Massif Central]], characterized by an annual rainfall between 1000 to 1500 mm, less in summer, more in autumn. It is also included in the [[Climate of France#Climate zoning 2020, supporting RE 2020|zone H2c]] under the environmental regulations 2020 for new building construction.<ref>{{Web link|title=Environmental regulations RE2020|url=https://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/politiques-publiques/reglementation-environnementale-re2020|website=ecologie.gouv.fr|date=November 18, 2020 |access-date=October 5, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Web link|format=pdf|title=Distribution of departments by zone climatic|url=https://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/documents/La%20r%C3%A9partition%20des%20d%C3%A9partements%20par%20zone%20climatique.pdf|website=ecologie.gouv.fr|date= |access-date=October 25, 2025}}</ref>

For the period 1971-2000, the average annual temperature was 8.4°C, with an annual temperature range of 7.4°C. The average annual rainfall was 1279 mm, with 11.5 days of rainfall in January and 7.2 days in July.<ref>{{cite web |lang=fr|first1=Daniel |last1=Joly |first2=Thierry |last2=Brossard |first3=Hervé |last3=Cardot |first4=Jean |last4=Cavailhes |first5=Mohamed |last5=Hilal |first6=Pierre |last6=Wavresky |title=Les types de climats en France, une construction spatiale|journal=Cybergéo, revue européenne de géographie - European Journal of Geography |issue=501|date=18 June 2010|doi=10.4000/cybergeo.23155|url=http://journals.openedition.org/cybergeo/23155 |access-date=25 October 2025}}</ref> For the period 1991-2020, the average annual temperature observed at the nearest Météo-France weather station, in the commune of Saint-Côme-d'Olt, 19 km as the crow flies,<ref>{{Web link |url=https://fr.distance.to/Laguiole,Aveyron/Saint-Côme-d'Olt,Aveyron |title=Great circle between Laguiole and Saint-Côme-d'Olt |website=fr.distance.to |access-date=October 25, 2025}}.</ref> is 12.5°C with an average annual rainfall of 951.5&nbsp;mm.<ref>{{Web link |url=https://object.files.data.gouv.fr/meteofrance/data/synchro_ftp/REF_STATION/FICHECLIM_12216001.pdf |title= Météo-France Station « St-come-d'olt », in the municipality of Saint-Côme-d'Olt - climatological record - period 1991-2020.|website=object.files.data.gouv.fr/meteofrance/|access-date=October 25, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Web link |url=https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/metadonnees_publiques/fiches/fiche_12216001.pdf|title= Météo-France Station « St-come-d'olt, in the municipality of Saint-Côme-d'Olt - metadata sheet.|website=donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr|access-date=October 25, 2025}}</ref>

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-12119#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |1282
|1975 |1291
|1982 |1231
|1990 |1264
|1999 |1248
|2009 |1267
|2014 |1239
|2020 |1230
}}

== History ==
=== Middle Ages ===
The [[Rouergue#History|Rouergue]] was conquered in 767 by [[Pepin the Short]] and the [[List of Dukes of Aquitaine|Dukes of Aquitaine]].<ref>[http://www.laguiole.com/laguiole_history_village.php History of Laguiole]</ref> It remained under the control of the [[List of Counts of Rouergue|Counts of Rouergue]] until the death of [[Jeanne of Toulouse]] and her husband [[Alphonse of Poitiers]] in 1271. The county then came under the direct control of the Kings of France. The Albigensians seized it in 1208 and were driven out in 1210 by Jean de Beaumont, Lord of Thénières. The English captured Fort Laguiole and its surroundings in 1355 but were driven out a few years later. Laguiole was one of the four castellanies of Rouergue. Besides Laguiole, it included Curières and La Roquette-Bonneval.
By letters patent issued on 29 May 1369, King Charles V of France, while at the Bois de Vincennes, granted the castellany of Laguiole and the three others of Rouergue, including Laguiole, to Jean d'Armagnac, who had helped him fight against the English.

=== Modern Era ===
The Huguenots of Chirac (Lozère) pillaged Laguiole on 10 January 1588. The County of Rodez passed by inheritance to the House of Albret. The county reverted to the royal domain when Henry of Navarre, Count of Rodez, became King Henry IV of France in 1589. The Fort of Laguiole was still standing according to a document by the notary Brunel in 1620, but no longer existed by 1735.

==See also==
*[[Communes of the Aveyron department]]

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