Aveyron is a department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Named after the Aveyron River, it had a population of 278,697 in 2016. 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 Celtic settlers in the area, the Ruteni.
The following is a list of the 285 communes of the Aveyron department of France.
The Tarn is a 380.2-kilometre (236.2 mi) long river in the administrative region of Occitanie in southern France. It is a right tributary of the Garonne.
The Aveyron is a 291 km long river in southern France, right tributary of the Tarn. It rises in the southern Massif Central, near Sévérac-le-Château.
Viala-du-Tarn is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.
The arrondissement of Millau is an arrondissement of France in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region. It has 110 communes. Its population is 79,346 (2016), and its area is 3,741.7 km2 (1,444.7 sq mi).
The Viaur is a 168-kilometre-long (104 mi) river in south-western France. It is a left tributary of the Aveyron. Its source is in the southern Massif Central, north of Millau. It flows generally west through the following departments and towns:
Aguessac is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.
La Bastide-Pradines is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.
La Bastide-Solages is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.
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.
The Jonte is a 38.6 km (24.0 mi) river in southern France. It flows through the departments of Lozère and Aveyron. It is a tributary of the Tarn, which it joins in Le Rozier.
The Dourbie is a 72 km (45 mi) long river in southern France. It is a left tributary of the Tarn. Its source is north of Le Vigan, in the Cévennes. It flows generally west through the following departments and towns:
The Cérou is an 87.1 km (54.1 mi) long river in the Aveyron and Tarn departments in southern France. Its source is at Saint-Jean-Delnous, 1.8 km (1.1 mi) northwest of the village. It flows generally west-northwest. It is a left tributary of the Aveyron, into which it flows at Milhars, 1.4 km (0.87 mi) north of the village.
The Dourdou de Camarès is an 86.8 km (53.9 mi) long river in the Tarn, Hérault and Aveyron departments in southern France. Its source is in the Parc naturel régional du Haut-Languedoc, in the commune of Murat-sur-Vèbre, 5.5 km (3.4 mi) southeast of the village. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the Tarn into which it flows at Broquiès, 1.2 km (0.75 mi) southwest of the village.
The Sorgues is a 46.4-kilometre-long (28.8 mi) river in the Aveyron department in Southern France. Its source is a karstic spring at Cornus, on the Causse du Larzac. It flows generally west-northwest. It is a right tributary of the Dourdou de Camarès, into which it flows at Vabres-l'Abbaye.
The Vère is a 53.2-kilometre-long (33.1 mi) river in the Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne departments in southern France. Its source is at Taïx. It flows generally west-northwest. It is a left tributary of the Aveyron, into which it flows at Bruniquel.
Pinet is a dam and hydroelectric power station on the River Tarn in Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu in Aveyron, southern France.
The Lévézou is a geographical region in the Aveyron department in southern France. It is an impervious crystalline plateau with an average altitude of around 900m. Its highest point is Mont Seigne. Though its borders are not strictly defined, it is bounded in the south and east by the River Tarn and to the north by the Viaur. To the west it merges into the Ségala.
The canton of Tarn et Causses is an administrative division of the Aveyron department, southern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Sévérac-d'Aveyron.
