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The Aveyron is a department located in Occitanie region of Southern France, formerly know as Languedoc. Named after the Aveyron River, its inhabitants are known as Aveyronnais or Aveyronnaises in French.  The first known historical inhabitants of the region were the Rutenii tribe, but the area was previously inhabited, boasting many prehistoric ruins including over 1,000 dolmens, more than any other department in France.  Aveyron is the centre of a triangle formed by the cities of Toulouse, Clermont-Ferrand and Montpellier. The department follows the outline of the former province of Rouergue and is the 5th largest department with 8,735 km2.  This department consists of an ancient high rocky plateau of great geological diversity at the south of the Massif Central. The Truyère, Lot, Aveyron, and Tarn rivers have carved a lot of deep gorges. The Aveyron is surrounded by the departments of Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Lot, Hérault, Gard, Lozère and Cantal.

Its main city and prefecture is Rodez which has a small international airport. The department comes under the jurisdiction of the Academy of Toulouse and the Montpellier Court of Appeal.  You can learn more about this french department on wikipedia.