High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saint-André-de-Vézines is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Aveyron is a department in southern France named after the Aveyron River. Aveyron is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The first known historical inhabitants of the region were the Rutenii tribe, but the area was inhabited previously to this, boasting many prehistoric ruins. The department is part of the current Midi-Pyrénées region. It is surrounded by the départements of Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Lot, Hérault, Gard, Lozère, and Cantal. Three main plateau compose the department: Aubrac, Lévézou and Larzac.