Arrondissement of Villefranche-de-Rouergue

The arrondissement of Villefranche-de-Rouergue is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Aveyron département in the Occitanie region. Its capital, and subprfecture of the department, is the city of Villefranche-de-Rouergue.

Villefranche-de-Rouergue
Arrondissement
Location within the region Occitanie
Location within the region Occitanie
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentAveyron
No. of communes96
SubprefectureVillefranche-de-Rouergue
Area
2,123.7 km2 (820.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
88,171
INSEE code123

History

When the arrondissements were created on 17 February 1800, Villefranche-de-Rouergue was one of them in the Aveyron department.[1]

Geography

It is the most western of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of 1,293.4 km2 (499 sq mi), the smallest in area of the department. It is also the arrondissement with fewest people living there, with 63,808 inhabitants and a population density of 49.3 inhabitants/km².[2]

The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the Cantal (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) department, to the east by the arrondissement of Rodez, to the south by the Tarn (Occitanie) department and to the west by the Tarn-et-Garonne (Occitanie) and the Lot (Occitanie) departments.

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[3] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

In the arrondissement of Villefranche-de-Rouergue, there are three cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Aveyron et Tarn, Enne et Alzou and Lot et Dourdou. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Millau
INSEE
Code		CantonMillauRodezVillefranche-
de-Rouergue		Total
1202Aveyron et Tarn51217
1206Enne et Alzou8311
1207Lot et Dourdou3811
1208Lot et Montbazinois1616
1222Villefranche-de-Rouergue33
1223Villeneuvois et Villefranchois2020

Communes

The arrondissement of Villefranche-de-Rouergue has 62 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[4]

  1. Les Albres (12003)
  2. Almont-les-Junies (12004)
  3. Ambeyrac (12007)
  4. Asprières (12012)
  5. Aubin (12013)
  6. Balaguier-d'Olt (12018)
  7. Le Bas-Ségala (12021)
  8. Boisse-Penchot (12028)
  9. Bor-et-Bar (12029)
  10. Bouillac (12030)
  11. Brandonnet (12034)
  12. Capdenac-Gare (12052)
  13. La Capelle-Balaguier (12053)
  14. La Capelle-Bleys (12054)
  15. Causse-et-Diège (12257)
  16. Compolibat (12071)
  17. Cransac (12083)
  18. Decazeville (12089)
  19. Drulhe (12091)
  20. Firmi (12100)
  21. Flagnac (12101)
  22. Foissac (12104)
  23. La Fouillade (12105)
  24. Galgan (12108)
  25. Lanuéjouls (12121)
  26. Livinhac-le-Haut (12130)
  27. Lugan (12134)
  28. Lunac (12135)
  29. Maleville (12136)
  30. Martiel (12140)
  31. Montbazens (12148)
  32. Monteils (12150)
  33. Montsalès (12158)
  34. Morlhon-le-Haut (12159)
  35. Najac (12167)
  36. Naussac (12170)
  37. Ols-et-Rinhodes (12175)
  38. Peyrusse-le-Roc (12181)
  39. Prévinquières (12190)
  40. Privezac (12191)
  41. Rieupeyroux (12198)
  42. La Rouquette (12205)
  43. Roussennac (12206)
  44. Saint-André-de-Najac (12210)
  45. Sainte-Croix (12217)
  46. Saint-Igest (12227)
  47. Saint-Parthem (12240)
  48. Saint-Rémy (12242)
  49. Saint-Santin (12246)
  50. Salles-Courbatiès (12252)
  51. Salvagnac-Cajarc (12256)
  52. Sanvensa (12259)
  53. Saujac (12261)
  54. Savignac (12263)
  55. Sonnac (12272)
  56. Toulonjac (12281)
  57. Vailhourles (12287)
  58. Valzergues (12289)
  59. Vaureilles (12290)
  60. Villefranche-de-Rouergue (12300)
  61. Villeneuve (12301)
  62. Viviez (12305)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[2]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
12300Villefranche-de-Rouergue11,822Villefranche-de-RouergueVillefranchois
12089Decazeville5,686Lot et DourdouBassin de Decazeville Aubin
12052Capdenac-Gare4,558Lot et MontbazinoisGrand-Figeac
12013Aubin3,888Enne et AlzouBassin de Decazeville Aubin
12100Firmi2,441Enne et AlzouBassin de Decazeville Aubin
12198Rieupeyroux2,001Aveyron et TarnAveyron Ségala Viaur
12301Villeneuve1,954Villeneuvois et VillefranchoisVilleneuvois, Diège et Lot
12021Le Bas Ségala1,615Aveyron et TarnAveyron Ségala Viaur
12083Cransac1,541Enne et AlzouBassin de Decazeville Aubin
12148Montbazens1,409Lot et MontbazinoisPlateau de Montbazens

References
  1. "Historique de l'Aveyron". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  2. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  3. "Décret n° 2014-205 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Aveyron" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  4. "Arrondissement de Villefranche-de-Rouergue (123)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 20 January 2017.

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