page_title: Aveyron
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Aveyron / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Statue-menhir dit «&#160;la Dame de Saint-Sernin&#160;», découverte en 1888 a Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance, et aujourd'hui conservée au musée Fenaille de Rodez (Aveyron).
context_page_description: Aveyron is a French department found in the northeast of the Occitanie region of southern France and named after the Aveyron river. Its prefecture is Rodez.
context_section_description: Aveyron is part of the Occitanie region, in southern France, and is the 6th French department in area with 8,735.1 km² (3,373 sq mi).
  The department borders with 7 other departments:
  Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
  Cantal
  Occitanie
  Hérault
  Gard
  Lozère
  Tarn
  Tarn-et-Garonne
  Lot
  Aveyron is in the southern half of the central plateau (Massif Central) of France. The mountainous areas (the Aubrac mountains, Palanges Levezou and Lacaune) cover little more than a third of the territory, with the highest point in Signal de Mailhe-Biau (the northwest peak, 42°40′17″N 03°04′19″E) that is 1,463 m (4,800 ft) high and is in the region called Cazalets; the remaining two thirds are occupied by hills and plateaus (Ségala, Viadène, Lagast and Grands Causses), with a few valleys.
  The territory is crossed, among others, by the rivers Lot and Tarn, both tributaries of the Garonne river. The Aveyron river, which gives its name to the department, is a tributary of the Tarn river.
  The main rivers of Aveyron are the Lot in the north, the Aveyron in the centre and the Tarn in the south, all tributaries of the Garonne. They flow from east to west, following the general slope of the department, and divide it into four zones.
caption: Menhir La Dame de Saint-Sernin
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