Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu

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Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu
Commune
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Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 44°03′07″N 2°49′58″E / 44.0519°N 2.8328°E / 44.0519; 2.8328Coordinates: 44°03′07″N 2°49′58″E / 44.0519°N 2.8328°E / 44.0519; 2.8328
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Millau
Canton	Raspes et Lévezou
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Daniel Frayssinhes
Area 1	17.91 km2 (6.92 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	351
• Density	20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	12251 /12400
Elevation	262–689 m (860–2,260 ft) (avg. 632 m or 2,073 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu (Languedocien: Sant Victor e Malviu) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.

Geography[]

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  [fr]. The communal territory, which extends for 17.91 km^2, is constituted of landscapes of avant-causses^{[needs Eng. translation]}, characterized by hills. It is bordered on the north and northwest by the Tarn in the gorges called the  [fr], where the hydroelectric dams of  [fr] and of  [fr] (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^{[needs Eng. translation]} de Luargues.^{[2][verification needed]}

Hydrography[]

Hydrographic network[]

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, an arm of Tarn^{[clarification needed]}, the stream of Pourquairol, the stream of Ricardel, and by several small courses of water.^{[3][verification needed]}

The Tarn, of a total length of 380.2km, has its source in the commune of Pont-de-Montvert-Sud-Mont-Lozère and ejects^{[clarification needed]} in the Garonne at Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave, after having watered 99 communes.^{[4][verification needed]}

The Lac de Pinet completes the hydrographic network. It is related to a very wild lake on its part downstream^{[clarification needed]}, 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.^[5]

Management of courses of water[]

Administration of courses of water in the Aveyron basin is assured by the  [fr] Aveyron upstream, created on 1 January 2017, replacing the mixed syndicate of basin slope Aveyron upstream.^{[6][7][verification needed]}

Population[]

See also[]

• Communes of the Aveyron department

Notes[]

References[]

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