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n. One of the départements of Midi-Pyrénées, France (INSEE code 12)
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Aveyron (; ) is a department located in the north of the Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées region of southern France named after the Aveyron River.
The inhabitants of the department are known as Aveyronnais or Aveyronnaises. The inhabitants of Rodez are called Ruthénois, based on the first Celtic settlers, the rutenii.
The Aveyron is a 291 km long river in southern France, right tributary of the Tarn River. It rises in the southern Massif Central, near Sévérac-le-Château.
In 1855 evidence of prehistoric man was found near Bruniquel under a hill called Montastruc. The hill was 98 foot high. The account said the overhang extended for about 46 feet along the river and the area enclosed was 298 square yards. Within this cave was found the 13,000-year-old sculpture called Swimming Reindeer.
Aveyron is a department in southern France.
Aveyron may also refer to:
- Aveyron River, in southern France
- Aveyron (Loing), a river in central France, tributary of the Loing
The Aveyron is a long river in France, right tributary of the Loing.
Its course crosses the following départements and communes:
- Yonne: Champcevrais
- Loiret: Le Charme, Saint-Maurice-sur-Aveyron, La Chapelle-sur-Aveyron, Montbouy
The Aveyron flows into the river Loing at Montbouy.
Its discharge at La Chapelle-sur-Aveyron is 0.494 m/s.
Usage examples of "aveyron".
Detroit like the Wild Boy of Aveyron, was me, Calliope Stephanides, age fourteen.
There the intense impressionability which the little peasant of Aveyron received at birth could only be confirmed and increased.
There he was, a famous sexologist, a guest onDick Cavett , a regular contributor toPlayboy , and suddenly on his doorstep, arriving out of the woods of Detroit like the Wild Boy of Aveyron, was me, Calliope Stephanides, age fourteen.