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Flag of the Departmental counil of Aveyron - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 23 October 2024
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Code: 12
Region: Occitanie (Midi-Pyrénées until 2014)
Traditional provinces:
Guyenne-et-Gascogne
Bordering departments: Cantal,
Gard,
Hérault,
Lot, Lozère,
Tarn,
Tarn-et-Garonne
Area: 8,736 km2
Population (2016): 278,697 inhabitants
Préfecture: Rodez
Sous-préfectures: Millau, Villefranche-de-Rouergue
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 23 cantons, 285 municipalities.
The department is named after river Aveyron (250 km),
a tributary to the Tarn.
On 4 November 1808, the canton of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val was transferred from the department of Aveyron to the new department of Tarn-et-Garonne.
Ivan Sache, 11 April 2019
The departement of Aveyron adopted a new logo in april 2022 [source: journal de Millau]
The new flag of the departmental council of Aveyron is blue with the new logo: photo, 2023.
Olivier Touzeau, 23 October 2024
Former flags of Aveyron - left, 2015-2022 (Départmental Council), center 2010-2015 and right, 2005-2010 (General Council) -
Images by Olivier Touzeau, 7 February 2023 and 23 October 2024
The services of the Departmental Council of Aveyron confirmed on 15 April 2019 that the Council does not use any flag.
I have finally located some pictures with the former flags of Aveyron.
Olivier Touzeau, 7 February 2023
Former flag of the General Council of Aveyron before 2005 - Image by Philippe-Pierre Darras & Ivan Sache, 25 September 2009
The former flag of the General Council of Aveyron was green with the Council's logo in the middle.Ivan Sache, 25 September 2009
Flag of Rouergue - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 21 February 2019
The coat of arms of Aveyron was assigned by Jacques Meurgey de Tupigny & Robert Louis in Marques symboliques des départements français, as "Gules a leopard or". The department of Averyon having, more or less, the same limits as the traditional province of Rouergue, the arms of the province were re-used to represent the department. During the Middle Ages Rouergue changed hands a number of times, its rulers including England (due to the Treaty of Brétigny in 1360), Armagnac and Languedoc.
The banner of arms of Rouergue can be seen on several monuments, for example the castle of Bertholène (photo).
Olivier Touzeau & Ivan Sache, 21 February 2019
Route des Seigneurs du Rouergue
Flag of the Route des Seigneurs du Rouergue - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 21 February 2019
The Route des Seigneurs du Rouergue (Route of the Lords of Rouergue) is a tourist itinerary established in Aveyron, grouping 21 sites in Rouergue. Some sites are privately owned, others owned by public bodies. They are signatories of a charter and fly a promotional flag (photo, castle of Najac).
Olivier Touzeau, 21 February 2019