Sauveterre-de-Rouergue

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

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.