Editing Aveyron (section)

==History==
[[File:Ruteni coin 5th 1st century BCE.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Ruteni]] coin, 5th–1st century BCE]]
Aveyron is one of the [[Departments of France|original 83 departments]] created during the [[French Revolution]] on 4 March 1790. The earliest known inhabitants of the region were the [[Rutenii]] tribe, though the area was inhabited prior to their tenure. The department has many prehistoric monuments, including over a thousand [[dolmen]]s, the most of any department in France.

[[File:Victor of Aveyron, 1800.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Victor of Aveyron in 1800]]
During the medieval and early modern periods, and until the 1790s, the territory included within Aveyron was a [[Provinces of France|province]] known as [[Rouergue]]. In 1797, [[Victor of Aveyron]] (a [[feral child]]) was found wandering the woods in the area. The story of Victor is told in the film ''[[The Wild Child]]''.

In 1817, a local prosecutor, [[Antoine Bernardin Fualdès]], was assassinated. The sordid circumstances of his death, following which his body was found floating in the river Aveyron, led to the matter becoming publicised as a ''cause célèbre''. Recent studies have indicated that he met his end at the initiative of a right-wing royalist organisation known as the ''Chevaliers de la Foi'' (Knights of Faith).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Irving |first=Henry Brodribb |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uaIVAAAAYAAJ |title=Occasional Papers Dramatic and Historical |publisher=Bickers and Sons |year=1906 |location=London |pages=185–227}}</ref>

===Heraldry===
{{Blazon-arms
|img1=Blason comtes de Rodez.svg
|legend1=Arms of Aveyron 
|text=The Arms of Aveyron are those of the province of [[Rouergue]] and are blazoned as follows:

'''Blazon:'''<br/>
''Gules, a lion rampant gardant in Or.''
}}