Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu (;

Languedocien Languedocien (French name, ), Languedocian or Lengadocian (), is an Occitan dialect spoken in rural parts of southern France such as Languedoc, Rouergue, Quercy, Agenais and Southern Périgord. It is sometimes also called Languedocien-Guyennai ...

: ''Sant Victor e Malviu'') is a

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in the

Aveyron Aveyron (; oc, Avairon; ) 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 o ...

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in southern

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Geography

Generalities

In the south of the

Massif Central The (; oc, Massís Central, ; literally ''"Central Massif"'') is a highland region in south-central France, consisting of mountains and plateaus. It covers about 15% of mainland France. Subject to volcanism that has subsided in the last 10,00 ...

, in the southern half of the department of Aveyron, the commune of Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu is situated in the interior of . The communal territory, which extends for 17.91 km^2, is constituted of landscapes of ''avant-

causses The Causses () are a group of limestone plateaus (700–1,200 m) in the Massif Central. They are bordered to the north-west by the Limousin and the Périgord uplands, and to the east by the Aubrac and the Cévennes. Large river gorges cut through ...

'', characterized by hills. It is bordered on the north and northwest by the Tarn in the gorges called the , where the hydroelectric dams of and of (or Pouget) are implanted. The minimal altitude, with 262 meters, is localized at the extreme west, near the place called the ''May d'Entraygues'', where the Tarn leaves the commune and enters that of

Le Truel Le Truel (; oc, Lo Truèlh) 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. Geography The commune is on the southern ed ...

. The maximal altitude with 689 or 694 metersTwo different values for the IGN, 694 meters on the chart and 689 on its ancient site. is a kilometer and a half to the northwest of the village of Saint-Victor, at the ''Puech de Luargues''.

Hydrography

Hydrographic network

The commune is drained by the Tarn, the stream of Geneve, the stream of the Valade, a branch of the Tarn, the stream of Pourquairol, the stream of Ricardel, and by several small courses of water. The Lac de Pinet completes the hydrographic network. It is related to a very wild lake on its part downstream, of a maximum depth of 25 meters and a superficial one of 130 ha. It is open to fishing at the upstream part up to Mas de Lanauq. It is in the territories and communes of

Saint-Rome-de-Tarn Saint-Rome-de-Tarn (, literally ''Saint-Rome of Tarn (river), Tarn''; Languedocien dialect, Languedocien: ''Sant Roma de Tarn'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Aveyron Departments of France, department in southern France. Population ...

, Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu, and

Viala-du-Tarn Viala-du-Tarn (, literally ''Viala of the Tarn''; oc, Lo Vialar de Tarn) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. The town of Le Viala dates from Medieval times and contains several interesting towers built in the 14th ce ...

Management of courses of water

Administration of courses of water in the Aveyron basin is assured by the Aveyron upstream, created on 1 January 2017, replacing the mixed syndicate of basin slope Aveyron upstream.

Geography

Generalities

Hydrography

Hydrographic network

Management of courses of water

Population

See also