Aveyron

[a-vey-rawn]

noun

1. a department in S France. 3,387 sq. mi. (8,770 sq. km). Rodez.

Aveyron

/ avɛrɔ̃ /

noun

1. a department of S France in Midi-Pyrénées region. Capital: Rodez. Pop: 266 940 (2003 est). Area: 8771 sq km (3421 sq miles)

Example Sentences

The couple's bodies were discovered by a neighbour at their country home in the Aveyron region on 6 February.

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Prosecutors said they had lived in the Aveyron region for five years.

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Pierre Jean Louis Germain Soulages was born in Rodez, in the Aveyron region of southern France, on Dec. 24, 1919.

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Fires were also raging on Tuesday in other parts of the country, one in the southern departments of Lozere and Aveyron, where close to 600 hectares have already burnt and where Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin is due to go later in the day.

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It was a soulful, graceful, strikingly pure red from the Aveyron region of southwestern France made by Nicolas Carmarans, a vigneron who makes natural wines from grapes that have long grown in the area.

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