Aveyron is a department in the region of Occitania, Southern France. It was named after the river Aveyron. Its inhabitants are known as Aveyronnais (masculine) or Aveyronnaises (feminine) in French. The inhabitants of Aveyron's prefecture, Rodez, are called Ruthénois, based upon the first settlers in the area, the Ruteni. With an area of 8,735 square kilometres (3,373 sq mi) and a population of 279,595, Aveyron is a largely rural department with a population density of 32 people/km2.
Barlin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
The Lot, originally the Olt, is a river in France. It is a right-bank tributary of the Garonne. It rises in the Cévennes mountains, flowing west through Quercy, where it flows into the Garonne near Aiguillon, a total distance of 485 kilometres (301 mi). It gives its name to the départements of Lot and Lot-et-Garonne.
Rive-de-Gier is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
Bruay-sur-l'Escaut is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Saint-Chamond is a commune in the Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central France. Situated 13 km northeast of the city of Saint-Étienne and 50 km southwest of Lyon, the town dates back to the Roman period.
Cransac is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Cransac station has rail connections to Brive-la-Gaillarde, Figeac and Rodez.
La Grand-Combe is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Élie, 1st Duke of Decazes and Glücksbierg was a French statesman, leader of the liberal Doctrinaires party during the Bourbon Restoration.
Duke of Decazes, also called Duke Decazes, is a title of French nobility that was granted in 1820 to Élie Decazes, a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from November 19, 1819 to February 20, 1820. He had already been made a French count in 1816. Separately, he was given the hereditary Danish title of Duke of Glücksbierg upon his second marriage in 1818, which title was recognized in France in 1822.
Nœux-les-Mines is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Les Albres is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.
Aubin is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie of southern France.
Auzits is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.
La Bastide-l'Évêque is a former commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Le Bas Ségala.
Livinhac-le-Haut is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.
Aniche is a commune in the Nord département in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.
Caussade is a commune in the district of Montauban, located in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in the south of France.
The Société de Commentry, Fourchambault et Decazeville was an integrated coal, iron and steel company in France.
Mining in France is based solely on the nature of the material, whether extracted from the surface or underground. These include fuels, metals and a few other minerals.
