Information AboutRouergue |
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| former provinces of france | |
| aveyron | |
| tarn-et-garonne | |
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Rouergue was turned into a '' Département '' in 1790 , which was called Aveyron , after the main river flowing through it. When the Tarn-et-Garonne ''département'' was created in 1808 , Aveyron had to relinquish the extreme west of its territory, which became part of Tarn-et-Garonne, so that today most of Rouergue is the Aveyron ''département'', while a small part of Rouergue is the extreme east of Tarn-et-Garonne. The province of Rouergue has a land area of 9,007 Km² (3,478 sq. miles). At the 1999 census there were 269,774 inhabitants on the territory of the province of Rouergue, which means a density of only 30 inh. per km&2 (78 inh. per sq. mile). 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. Rouergue included the county of Rodez , and was divided between the Diocese s of Rodez and Vabres . 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. SEE ALSO |
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