South of the city department of Aveyron, located in the valley of the Sorgue, 25 km southwest of Millau. The territory of this municipality is part of the Regional Natural Park of Grands Causses.
The remains of the Neolithic abound around the city where more than 30 dolmens were identified; Tiergues, Crassous, Boussac ...
The city was founded around the 7th century by a bishop of Comminges, or Afric Affricanus, chased away by the Visigoths came to die on the banks of the Sorgue in a village called Vicaria Curiensis.
The name of Saint Affrique appears officially in 1238, from 1320, is jointly owned by the city to the King of France, the Bishop of Vabres and the Comte de Caylus, during the Hundred Years' War it came under British rule, it is an important place in the Protestant wars of religion and Camisards.
In 1628 it will resist the royal troops commanded by Prince de Conde and the Duke of Epernon.
During the Revolution, the city took the name of Mountain Sorgues.
The 18th century saw the start prosperity of the city with the installation of drapery and hosiery knitting mills, this activity declined in the 19th century, its agricultural vocation is confirmed.
