{{short description|Department in Occitania, France}} {{about|the French department}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Aveyron | native_name = {{native name|oc|Avairon}} | native_name_lang = <!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} instead --> | settlement_type = Department | image_skyline = {{Photomontage|position=center | photo2a = Hotel Le Normant d'Ayssenes (1).jpg | photo3a = Aveyron River in Villefranche-de-Rouergue 05.jpg | photo4a = Village de Peyre vu depuis le Tarn.jpg | photo2b = Belcastel 4.jpg | photo1a = Panoramic sunset in Conques 02.jpg | size = 270 | spacing = 2 | color = #FFFFFF | border = 0 | foot_montage = }} | image_alt = | image_caption = From top down, left to right: Conques, prefecture building in Rodez, Castle of Belcastel, the river Aveyron in Villefranche-de-Rouergue and Peyre | image_flag = Flag of Rouergue.svg | flag_alt = | image_shield = Blason comtes de Rodez.svg | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Aveyron-Position.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Aveyron in France | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|44|15|N|02|42|E|region:FR_type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = France | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Occitania | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = Prefecture | seat = Rodez | parts_type = Subprefectures | parts_style = para | p1 = Millau<br>Villefranche-de-Rouergue | government_footnotes = | leader_party = UDI | leader_title = President of the Departmental Council | leader_name = Arnaud Viala<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/601ef073-d986-4582-8e1a-ed14dc857fba|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=4 May 2022|language=fr}}</ref> | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_magnitude = | area_footnotes = {{ref|area|1}} | area_total_km2 = 8735 | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | population_total = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | population_rank = 79th | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note = | blank_name_sec1 = Department number | blank_info_sec1 = 12 | blank_name_sec2 = Arrondissements | blank_info_sec2 = 3 | blank1_name_sec2 = Cantons | blank1_info_sec2 = 23 | blank2_name_sec2 = Communes | blank2_info_sec2 = 285 | timezone1 = CET | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = CEST | utc_offset1_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = | website = | footnotes = {{note|area|1}} French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km<sup>2</sup> }}
'''Aveyron''' ({{IPA|fr|avɛʁɔ̃|lang|Fr-Aveyron-fr FR-Paris.ogg}}; {{langx|oc|Avairon}} {{IPA|oc|aβajˈɾu|}}) 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.habitants.fr/index.php|title=Le nom des habitants des communes de France - Habitants|website=www.habitants.fr}}</ref> The inhabitants of Aveyron's prefecture, Rodez, are called ''Ruthénois'', based upon the first settlers in the area, the Ruteni. With an area of {{convert|8,735|km2}} and a population of 279,609 (2023),<ref name="pophist" /> Aveyron is a largely rural department with a population density of {{convert|32|/km2|/mi2|disp=preunit|people|people|abbr=on}}.
==History== [[File:Ruteni coin 5th 1st century BCE.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Ruteni coin, 5th–1st century BCE]] Aveyron is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. The earliest known inhabitants of the region were the Rutenii tribe, though the area was inhabited prior to their tenure. The department has many prehistoric monuments, including over a thousand dolmens, the most of any department in France.
thumb|left|upright|Victor of Aveyron in 1800 During the medieval and early modern periods, and until the 1790s, the territory included within Aveyron was a province known as Rouergue. In 1797, Victor of Aveyron (a feral child) was found wandering the woods in the area. The story of Victor is told in the film ''The Wild Child''.
In 1817, a local prosecutor, Antoine Bernardin Fualdès, was assassinated. The sordid circumstances of his death, following which his body was found floating in the river Aveyron, led to the matter becoming publicised as a ''cause célèbre''. Recent studies have indicated that he met his end at the initiative of a right-wing royalist organisation known as the ''Chevaliers de la Foi'' (Knights of Faith).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Irving |first=Henry Brodribb |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uaIVAAAAYAAJ |title=Occasional Papers Dramatic and Historical |publisher=Bickers and Sons |year=1906 |location=London |pages=185–227}}</ref>
===Heraldry=== {{Blazon-arms |img1=Blason comtes de Rodez.svg |legend1=Arms of Aveyron |text=The Arms of Aveyron are those of the province of Rouergue and are blazoned as follows:
'''Blazon:'''<br/> ''Gules, a lion rampant gardant in Or.'' }}
== Geography == Aveyron is the centre of a triangle formed by the cities of Toulouse, Clermont-Ferrand, and Montpellier. The department approximately follows the outline of the former province of Rouergue. It is the 5th largest department in metropolitan France in terms of area ({{convert|8735|km2|0|abbr=on}}). Its prefecture is Rodez.
The department comes under the jurisdiction of the Academy of Toulouse and the Montpellier Court of Appeal. The INSEE and Post Code is 12. Aveyron is located in the south of the Massif Central. The highest point in the department is the summit of the ''Signal de Mailhebiau'' at 1469m on the Plateau of Aubrac. The Aveyron department is divided into several natural regions such as the Grand Causses and Rougiers.
Aveyron department consists of an ancient high rocky plateau of great geological diversity. The Truyère, Lot, Aveyron, and Tarn rivers have carved a number of deep gorges. The department is surrounded by those of Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Lot, Hérault, Gard, Lozère and Cantal. The Lac de Villefranche-de-Panat is used as a reservoir to provide drinking water supplies for the region.
===Climate=== {{Meteo France |Town=Millau<ref>[http://www.lameteo.org/index.php/climatologie/1532-normales-climatiques-1981-2010-millau Data from the Station at Millau] from 1981 to 2010 {{in lang|fr}}</ref> |Sunshine=2,146 |Rain=732 |Snow=25 |Storm=25 |Fog=59 }}
{{Weather box |location = Millau |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan high C = 6.1 |Feb high C = 7.3 |Mar high C = 10.8 |Apr high C = 13.5 |May high C = 17.7 |Jun high C = 21.9 |Jul high C = 25.5 |Aug high C = 25.1 |Sep high C = 20.7 |Oct high C = 15.5 |Nov high C = 9.7 |Dec high C = 6.9 |year high C = 15.1 |Jan mean C = 3.2 |Feb mean C = 3.9 |Mar mean C = 6.7 |Apr mean C = 9.1 |May mean C = 13.2 |Jun mean C = 16.9 |Jul mean C = 19.9 |Aug mean C = 19.6 |Sep mean C = 15.9 |Oct mean C = 11.9 |Nov mean C = 6.7 |Dec mean C = 4.0 |year mean C = 10.9 |Jan low C = 0.2 |Feb low C = 0.4 |Mar low C = 2.6 |Apr low C = 4.7 |May low C = 8.6 |Jun low C = 11.9 |Jul low C = 14.3 |Aug low C = 14.1 |Sep low C = 11.1 |Oct low C = 8.3 |Nov low C = 3.6 |Dec low C = 1.1 |year low C = 6.7 |Jan precipitation mm = 55.4 |Feb precipitation mm = 47.4 |Mar precipitation mm = 42.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 69.9 |May precipitation mm = 73.4 |Jun precipitation mm = 60.5 |Jul precipitation mm = 39.7 |Aug precipitation mm = 54.8 |Sep precipitation mm = 77.7 |Oct precipitation mm = 79.6 |Nov precipitation mm = 69.1 |Dec precipitation mm = 61.6 |year precipitation mm = 731.6 |Jan precipitation days = 8.7 |Feb precipitation days = 7.7 |Mar precipitation days = 7.9 |Apr precipitation days = 9.4 |May precipitation days = 8.8 |Jun precipitation days = 6.7 |Jul precipitation days = 4.2 |Aug precipitation days = 5.5 |Sep precipitation days = 6.8 |Oct precipitation days = 8.8 |Nov precipitation days = 9.3 |Dec precipitation days = 8.8 |year precipitation days = 92.6 |unit precipitation days = 1 mm |Jan sun = 100 |Feb sun = 115 |Mar sun = 173 |Apr sun = 183 |May sun = 218 |Jun sun = 262 |Jul sun = 296 |Aug sun = 261 |Sep sun = 208 |Oct sun = 132 |Nov sun = 100 |Dec sun = 98 |year sun = 2146 |Jan record high C = 17.6 |Feb record high C = 21.8 |Mar record high C = 23.9 |Apr record high C = 27.0 |May record high C = 29.2 |Jun record high C = 35.1 |Jul record high C = 37.5 |Aug record high C = 38.0 |Sep record high C = 34.1 |Oct record high C = 28.9 |Nov record high C = 23.9 |Dec record high C = 19.1 |year record high C= 38.0 |Jan record low C = -17.5 |Feb record low C = -19.4 |Mar record low C = -12.9 |Apr record low C = -5.5 |May record low C = -2.0 |Jun record low C = 3.0 |Jul record low C = 6.0 |Aug record low C = 4.9 |Sep record low C = 1.6 |Oct record low C = -4.1 |Nov record low C = -10.3 |Dec record low C = -13.0 |year record low C= -19.4 |source 1 = [http://www.lameteo.org/index.php/climatologie/1532-normales-climatiques-1981-2010-millau Meteorological data for Millau – 715m altitude, from 1981 to 2010] January 2015 |source 2 = [http://www.lameteo.org/index.php/climatologie/1408-records-meteo-millau Record temperatures for Millau since 1951] January 2015 }}
==Demography== After a long decline, the population has been increasing again since 1999.
{{Historical populations | align = none | cols = 2 | percentages = pagr | source = SPLAF<ref name=splaf>[http://splaf.free.fr/12his.html Historique de l'Aveyron], SPLAF, in French</ref> and INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=DEP-12#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE</ref> | graph-pos = bottom |1791 |371835 |1801 |318340 |1806 |331921 |1821 |339422 |1831 |359056 |1836 |370951 |1841 |375083 |1846 |389121 |1851 |394183 |1856 |393890 |1861 |396025 |1866 |400070 |1872 |402474 |1876 |413826 |1881 |415075 |1886 |415826 |1891 |400467 |1896 |389464 |1901 |382074 |1906 |377299 |1911 |369448 |1921 |332940 |1926 |328886 |1931 |323782 |1936 |314682 |1946 |307717 |1954 |292727 |1962 |290489 |1968 |281568 |1975 |278306 |1982 |278654 |1990 |270141 |1999 |263808 |2007 |274425 |2012 |276229 |2017 |279206 |2023 |279609 }}
===Principal towns===
The most populous commune is Rodez, the prefecture. Of the department's population, 25% live in the four largest communes: Rodez, Millau, Onet-le-Château, and Villefranche-de-Rouergue. As of 2023, there are 7 communes with more than 5,000 inhabitants:<ref name=pop2023>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8680694/dep12.pdf Populations de référence 2023: 12 Aveyron], INSEE</ref>
{| class=wikitable ! Commune ! Population (2023) |- | Rodez | style="text-align: center;" | 23,981 |- | Millau | style="text-align: center;" | 22,044 |- | Onet-le-Château | style="text-align: center;" | 12,080 |- | Villefranche-de-Rouergue | style="text-align: center;" | 11,271 |- | Saint-Affrique | style="text-align: center;" | 7,941 |- | Luc-la-Primaube | style="text-align: center;" | 6,046 |- | Decazeville | style="text-align: center;" | 5,020 |}
===Second homes=== As of 2020, 17.3% of available housing in the department were second homes.<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7632072?geo=DEP-12#ancre-LOG_T2 Catégories et types de logements], INSEE {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" |+Communes with population over 2,000 and more than 10% of second homes in 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://statistiques-locales.insee.fr/#bbox=155624,5636535,277691,243023&c=indicator&i=pop_legales.popmun&i2=bdcom.pt_log_rsecocc&s=2019&s2=2019&t=A01&t2=A01&view=map1|title=Statistiques locales: Part des résidences secondaires, population municipale|publisher=INSEE}}</ref> ! Town ! Municipal population ! Percentage of<br />second homes |- | Saint-Geniez-d'Olt-et-d'Aubrac | {{formatnum:2211}} | 30.3% |- | Espalion | {{formatnum:4601}} | 19.9% |- | Salles-la-Source | {{formatnum:2265}} | 18.5% |- | Sévérac-d'Aveyron | {{formatnum:4069}} | 18.4% |- | Saint-Affrique | {{formatnum:8023}} | 15.4% |- | Bozouls | {{formatnum:2923}} | 10.1% |- | Naucelle | {{formatnum:2007}} | 10.0% |}
==Politics== ===Departmental Council=== {{Main|Departmental Council of Aveyron}} The Department Council of Aveyron has 46 seats. The President of the Departmental Council has been Jean-François Galliard of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) from 2017 to 2021. The President has been Arnaud Viala since 2021.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" !colspan=2| Party || Seats |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |<span style="color:white; font-size:190%;">•</span> |The Republicans<br>Union of Democrats and Independents ||align="right"| 30 |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" | |Socialist Party ||align="right"| 10 |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Left Radical Party}}" | |Radical Party of the Left ||align="right"| 5 |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" | |Independent ||align="right"| 1 |- |}
===Members of the National Assembly===
{| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Constituency!!Member<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/|title=Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français|first=Assemblée|last=Nationale|website=Assemblée nationale}}</ref>!!Party |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Renaissance (French political party)}}" | | Aveyron's 1st constituency | Stéphane Mazars | Renaissance |- |style="background-color: {{party color|La France Insoumise}}" | | Aveyron's 2nd constituency | Laurent Alexandre | La France Insoumise |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Renaissance (French political party)}}" | | Aveyron's 3rd constituency | Jean-François Rousset | Renaissance |}
==Culture==
===Regional sub-dialect=== The regional sub-dialect spoken in Aveyron is a form of Languedoc Occitan called ''Rouergat''. Faced with the risk of disappearance of the language several associations asked the State and political communities for an ambitious language policy.<ref>[http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2009/10/24/701002-Occitan-Les-langues-regionales-sont-rangees-aux-oubliettes.html Article in ''La Dépêche.fr'' on 24 October 2009] consulted on 29 December 2009 {{in lang|fr}}</ref> In Rouergat, ''Aveyron'' is written: *''Avairon'' (traditional Occitan spelling) – e.g. "Roergue forma lo despartament de l'Avairon" *Oboyróu (spelling of Father Vayssier) – e.g. "Rouergue fouórmo lou desportomén de l'Oboyróu"
== Tourism == Aveyron contains part of the Cévennes National Park. Tourist attractions include the castle of Najac, a medieval ruin perched high on a hill, and other castles and monasteries such as Conques Abbey, Sylvanès Abbey, Bonneval Abbey and Loc-Dieu Abbey, located near Martiel in a region with many dolmens. The small city of Millau is the site of the world's tallest bridge, the Millau viaduct, opened by President Chirac in December 2004.
Activities include horseriding, fishing, swimming in the ''Lacs du Lévézou'' and hiking/camping. The inhabitants are also very good craftsmen, and Aveyron is full of various craft objects, handmade, that can be found locally. Examples include the ''couteau de Laguiole'', the world famous ''Roquefort'' cheese, from the village of the same name and other local produce. Markets take place every Saturday on market places around the region.
Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance is the commune where the feral child Victor of Aveyron was found in the late 18th century. <gallery> File:Rodez cathedrale.JPG|Rodez Cathedral File:Estaing - Ville -JPG1.jpg|Estaing File:Chateau de severac le chateau.jpg|Sévérac-le-Château File:Château de Peyrelade-2.JPG|Château de Peyrelade File:Château Najac.jpg|Château de Najac File:Montpellier-le-Vieux Porte-de-Mycene.jpg|Chaos de Montpellier-le-Vieux </gallery>
===''Les Plus Beaux Villages de France''=== Ten towns in Aveyron fall within the classification of a 1901 association ''Les Plus Beaux Villages de France'': *Belcastel *Brousse-le-Château *La Couvertoirade *Conques *Estaing *Najac *Peyre *Saint-Côme-d'Olt *Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt *Sauveterre-de-Rouergue.
===Other tourist spots=== *Roquecézière *Saint-Geniez-d'Olt *Loc-Dieu Abbey *Bonneval Abbey *Coupiac *Aubrac Mountains *Causse du Larzac *Château de Sévérac *Bournazel *Baraqueville *Château de Calmont d'Olt *Rodez *Millau *Pons *Medieval villages in the Muse Valley: **Castelnau-Pégayrols **Saint-Beauzély **Montjaux *Villefranche-de-Rouergue *Villeneuve *The ''Trou de Bozouls'' *The ''Tindoul de la Vayssière'' *Vale of Marcillac, Vineyards and towns: **Marcillac-Vallon **Salles-la-Source **Clairvaux-d'Aveyron **Muret-le-Château *The Lakes of Lévézou *Laguiole *The Gorges du Tarn *Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon *Salles-Curan and the Lac de Pareloup *Salvagnac-Cajarc *Roquefort-sur-Soulzon *Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance, classed as a historic area with the "Feral child": Victor of Aveyron *Peyrusse-le-Roc *Grotto of Foissac *The Basin of Decazeville (Decazeville, Aubin, Cransac, Firmi and Viviez) with old coal mines.
==Societies== *''Central Agricultural Society of Aveyron'', founded in 1798 *''Society of letters, sciences and arts of Aveyron'', founded in 1836
==Notable people linked to the department== *Denis Auguste Affre, Archbishop of Paris (1793–1848) *Georges d'Armagnac, Bishop of Avignon, cardinal and Bishop of Rodez (died in 1585) *Louis Gabriel Ambroise de Bonald, philosopher (1754–1840) *Louis-Jacques Maurice de Bonald, bishop (1787–1870) *Émile Borel, mathematician (1871–1956) *Jean Boudou, Occitan writer born in Crespin (home of Joan Bodon) *José Bové, anti-globalizationist, MEP since 2009, farmer, activist and former spokesman of French farmers' union ''Confédération paysanne'', peasant in the cause of Larzac (1953 -) *Michel Bras (1946 -), chef *Jean Carrier, clergyman of the 15th century, the last supporter and successor of the Antipope Benedict XIII under the name of Benedict XIV *Edouard de Castelnau, general (1851–1944) *Bertrand Delanoe, French politician and mayor of Paris (1950–) *Auguste Denayrouze, scientist, inventor, writer (1837–1883) *Jean-Henri Fabre, French entomologist and writer (1823–1915) *Robert Fabre, founder of the Movement of Radicals of the left, ombudsman (1915–2006) *Maurice Fenaille, patron (1855–1937) *Denis-Luc Frayssinous, bishop and tutor of the Dauphin *Gustave Garrigou, winner of the Tour de France in 1911, born in Vabre-Tizac *Alexandre Geniez, racing cyclist *Guy Lacombe, football coach (1955–) *Bernard Laporte, rugby coach (1964–) *Cyril Lignac, French chef and TV host *Cardinal Marty, Archbishop of Paris (1904–1994) *Jules Merviel, cyclist active in the 1930s, born in Saint-Beauzély (1906–1976) *Amans-Alexis Monteil, historian (1769–1850) *Alain Peyrefitte, writer, minister, member of the Académie française (1925–1999) *Pierre Poujade, politician, was born and lived in Labastide l'Evêque *Francis Poulenc, composer (1899–1963) *Denys Puech, sculptor, director of the Villa Medicis (1854–1942) *Jean Puech, former president of the general council of Aveyron, senator, and former minister (1942 -) *Guillaume-Thomas Raynal, historian, philosopher (1713–1796) *Emilie de Rodat, founder of the congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Villefranche (1787–1852) *Gaëtan Roussel, songwriter (1972–) *Richard Sainct, motorcycle rider (1970–2004) *Pierre Frédéric Sarrus, mathematician (1798–1861) *Pierre Soulages, painter (1919–2022) *Jean Verdier, Cardinal Archbishop of Paris (1864–1940) *Eugène Viala, painter, poet (1859–1913)
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==See also== *Arrondissements of the Aveyron department *County of Rodez *Cantons of the Aveyron department *Communes of the Aveyron department *Maison de Jeanne
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.aveyron.gouv.fr/ Prefecture website] *{{in lang|fr}} [https://aveyron.fr/ Departmental council of Aveyron's website] *{{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070202003722/http://planet-aveyron.com/ Aveyron's bulletin board] *{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Aveyron}}
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