Rouergue
Rouergue (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a former province of France, corresponding roughly with the modern department of Aveyron. Its historical capital is Rodez.[1] It is bounded on the north by Auvergne, on the south and southwest by Languedoc, on the east by Gévaudan and on the west by Quercy.[2]
During the Middle Ages Rouergue changed hands a number of times; its rulers included England (due to the Treaty of Brétigny in 1360), Armagnac and Languedoc.
Rouergue became a department in 1790, and was renamed Aveyron after the principal river flowing through it. Upon creation of the department of Tarn-et-Garonne in 1808, the canton of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val was detached from the western extremity of Aveyron and transferred to the new department.
The province of Rouergue had a land area of Template:Cvt. At the 1999 census there were 269,774 inhabitants on the territory of the province of Rouergue, for a density of only Template:Cvt. The largest urban areas are Rodez, with 38,458 inhabitants in 1999; Millau, with 22,840 inhabitants in 1999; Decazeville, with 17,044 inhabitants in 1999; and Villefranche-de-Rouergue, with 12,561 inhabitants in 1999.
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- ↑ Rouergue at the Larousse online encyclopedia
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- Rouergue
- Former provinces of France
- Guyenne
- Geography of Aveyron
- Geography of Lot (department)
- Geography of Tarn-et-Garonne
- History of Occitania (administrative region)
- History of Aveyron
- History of Lot (department)
- History of Tarn-et-Garonne