Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu

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

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. The communal territory, which extends for 17.91 km^2, is constituted of landscapes of avant-causses, characterized by hills. It is bordered on the north and northwest by the Tarn in the gorges called the, where the hydroelectric dams of and of  (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 is a kilometer and a half to the northwest of the village of Saint-Victor, at the Puech de Luargues.

Hydrographic network
The commune is drained by the Tarn, the stream of Geneve, the stream of the Valade, a branch of the Tarn, the stream of Pourquairol, the stream of Ricardel, and by several small courses of water.

The Lac de Pinet completes the hydrographic network. It is related to a very wild lake on its part downstream, 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.

Management of courses of water
Administration of courses of water in the Aveyron basin is assured by the Aveyron upstream, created on 1 January 2017, replacing the mixed syndicate of basin slope Aveyron upstream.