Villefranche-de-Rouergue

The landscape around Villefranche-de-Rouergue is a rolling, river-cut part of western Aveyron, which has shaped both the town’s compact form and its farming-based local economy. Founded in 1252 as a bastide by Alphonse of Poitiers, it retains the ordered street grid associated with these medieval planned towns. Place Notre-Dame forms the historic centre, with arcades and the Gothic Collégiale Notre-Dame as its defining monument. The River Aveyron runs beside the old town, while the wider Rouergue countryside is dotted with other historic market settlements. Find related webcams across the Aveyron valley to build a fuller picture of this part of Occitanie.

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