Saint-Georges-de-Luzençon (; oc, Sent Jòrdi, italic=no) is a
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
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 ...
department in southern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
. The commune was part of the
Rouergue
Rouergue (; ) is a former province of France, corresponding roughly with the modern department of Aveyron. Its historical capital is Rodez. It is bounded on the north by Auvergne, on the south and southwest by Languedoc, on the east by Gévaudan ...
province, where people communicated with a variation of the Occitan language,
Rouergat.
Population
Its inhabitants are called ''Saint-Georgiens''.
Geography
The territory of the commune is a part of the South
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 10,0 ...
. The village itself is nestled in the
Cernon valley along the D992 road. The hearth of the village is composed of stonework basements following the forms of the Middle Ages fortress. The main avenue, lately built, welcomes the totality of the commerces. Finally, most of the village surface is occupied by little houses grouped in lots, on a typical contemporary style. In spite of the fact that the village is distant of a dozen kilometers from the nearby city of
Millau, it continues to welcome families by reason of its intermediate position with
Millau,
Saint Affrique and the Roquefort cheese factories in
Roquefort-sur-Soulzon
Roquefort-sur-Soulzon (; oc, Ròcafòrt, ) is a commune in the Aveyron department, in the region of Occitania
Occitania ( oc, Occitània , , or ) is the historical region in Western and Southern Europe where the Occitan language was ...
.
History
Old settlement :
Dolmens, fragments of pottery from the 4th century, barbarian cemetery in ''Briadels''.
Territory exchanged between the Rodez bishop and the Toulouse count, devastated by the Protestants of ''Las Ribes'' in the 16th century, and the ones of the Rohan duke in the 17th.
See also
*
Communes of the Aveyron department
The following is a list of the 285 Communes of France, communes of the Aveyron Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):
References
Communes of Aveyron
Aveyron communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
{{Aveyron-geo-stub