Sauveterre-de-Rouergue, literally Sauveterre of Rouergue; Occitan: Sauvatèrra, is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. It is one of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (most beautiful villages of France).

Rouergue is a former province of France, corresponding roughly with the modern department of Aveyron.

During the Middle Ages Rouergue changed hands a number of times; its rulers included England (due to the Treaty of Brétigny in 1360), Armagnac and Languedoc.

Rouergue became a department in 1790, and was renamed Aveyron after the principal river flowing through it. Upon creation of the department of Tarn-et-Garonne in 1808, the canton of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val was detached from the western extremity of Aveyron and transferred to the new department.

Today, Sauveterre benefits from a network of high quality artistic artisans. These assets justified the creation of a centre of artistic artisans with the support of the communauté de communes du Pays Baraquevillois (grouping of local councils in the Baraqueville area).

This Bastide des métiers d'art project came to fruition with the renovation of the old convent and presbytery to house future exhibitions and artistic creation courses run by local artisans. It led to the construction of eight new art workshops for artists and artisans newly arrived in the commune, of different expressive styles and complementary to the artists of long standing.

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