Sauveterre-de-Rouergue

Member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

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Thérèse GaigéHall d'exposition des machines outils CC BY-SA 4.0
1gagnepetitMarché d'été Sauveterre CC BY-SA 3.0
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1gagnepetitRallye des Cent Vallées CC BY-SA 3.0
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Sauveterre-de-Rouergue was a royal bastide on the Ségala plateau, the 'land of a hundred valleys' cut by deep river gorges, about 30 km from Rodez. Its houses are built of local gneiss and schist under schist-slab roofs, and cutlers once worked here with water-powered grindstones, a trade that faded from the late 16th century. The Méridienne Verte line passes a few hundred metres from the village.

Highlights

The Église Saint-Christophe, a listed historic monument
Traditional houses of gneiss and mica schist under schist-slab roofs
The story of the village's cutlers and their water-driven grindstones
The Méridienne Verte line, passing a few hundred metres from the village

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Sauveterre-de-Rouergue (FR), Sauveterre-de-Rouergue (EN), Sauveterre-de-Rouergue (IT)), Wikivoyage (Sauveterre-de-Rouergue). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 709

Things to see

Église Saint-Christophe de Sauveterre-de-Rouergue (FR)

Events through the year

Soft-R Festival Music and arts · MayContemporary music festival
Spring and plant market Fairs and markets · May
Feast of Saint Christopher Religious · Late July
Feast of Saint Lawrence in Albagnac Religious · AugustHeld in the hamlet of Albagnac, in the municipality
Festival en Bastides Music and arts · August
Melon festival and accordion festival in Jouels Food and wine · Early SeptemberHeld in the hamlet of Jouels, in the municipality
Chestnut festival Food and wine · Late October
Roots'Ergue Festival Music and arts · OctoberReggae festival

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikipedia (Sauveterre-de-Rouergue). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Specialities of Occitania

Typical of the region rather than of this village.

Petit pâté de NîmesBread and pasta
Arnaud 25Soupe de poisson à la setoise 1 CC BY-SA 4.0
Fish soup of SèteDishFish cooked with vegetables, white wine and olive oil, served with rouille croutons
traafPain paillasse de Lodève tranché CC BY-SA 2.0
Pain paillasse de LodèveBread and pasta
Seph SwainTourin CC BY 2.0
TourinDishGarlic soup typical of the Dordogne and the Toulouse area
MilhàsDishMaize or millet flour porridge, set and often grilled, eaten in Languedoc
BajanaDishTraditional chestnut soup of the Cévennes