The Ségala (; ) is a geographical region that straddles the border between the departments of Aveyron and Tarn, in the Occitanie region of southern France. It is known as the land of a hundred valleys- and traditionally grew the grain for all of Aveyron.
Geography The Ségala is deeply valleyed region lying between 200 m and 800 m between the valley of the Viaur and the valley of the Aveyron. The valleys are deep and wooded, while the summits and the plateau are dominated by pasture land used for the raising of high-quality beef.
Geology The underlying rocks are schists which leads to acid soils. The soils are light and thin, and were unproductive before the opening of the railway with the Viaduc du Viaur, which allowed lime to be brought in. Liming neutralised the soil opening it up to agriculture.
Villages in the Ségala Communes in Ségala B-CCommunes in Ségala D-PCommunes in Ségala Q-T Baraqueville Belcastel Boussac Cabanès Camboulazet Camjac Carcenac-Peyralès (until 1973) Cassagnes-Bégonhès La Capelle-Bleys Castanet Castelmary Centrès Colombiès Crespin Gramond Lédergues Lescure-Jaoul Manhac Meljac Mirandol-Bourgnounac Monestiés Moyrazès Naucelle Pampelonne Pradinas Prévinquières Quins Réquista Rieupeyroux Rullac-Saint-Cirq Sainte-Juliette-sur-Viaur Saint-Jean-Delnous Saint-Just-sur-Viaur La Salvetat-Peyralès Sauveterre-de-Rouergue La Selve Tanus Tauriac de Naucelle Tayrac
Tourist destinations and monuments Balsac Rignac Ambialet Château de Belcastel Sauveterre-de-Rouergue
Bibliography Au cœur du Ségala tarnais, in Revue du Tarn, n° 223, automne 2011 -in French
References
External links Le Ségala - in French Le Ségala www.cc-segalacarmausin.fr - in French