Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu

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Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Languedocien: Sant Victor e Malviu) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.

Geography

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The reservoir of the Pinet dam on the Tarn, between Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu (to the left) and Viala-du-Tarn (on the opposite bank).

Generalities

In the south of the Massif Central, in the southern half of the department of Aveyron, the commune of Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu is situated in the interior of Template:Interlanguage link. The communal territory, which extends for 17.91 km^2, is constituted of landscapes of avant-causses, characterized by hills. It is bordered on the north and northwest by the Tarn in the gorges called the Template:Interlanguage link, where the hydroelectric dams of Template:Interlanguage link and of Template:Interlanguage link (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. The maximal altitude with 689 or 694 meters[note 1] is a kilometer and a half to the northwest of the village of Saint-Victor, at the Puech de Luargues.[2]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Hydrography

Hydrographic network

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Hydrographic network and roads of Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu.

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.[3]

The Lac de Pinet completes the hydrographic network. It is related to a very wild lake on its part downstreamScript error: No such module "Unsubst"., 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-Victor-et-Melvieu, and Viala-du-Tarn.[4]

Management of courses of water

Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu is a member of the syndicat mixte Tarn Sorgues Dourdou Rance, which assures the public water management of this part of the Tarn river basin.[5]

Population

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See also

Notes

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  1. Two different values for the IGN, 694 meters on the chart and 689 on its ancient site.

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References

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