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.

## History

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

## Geography

It is the most western of the _arrondissements_ of the department, with an area of , 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  inhabitants/km².

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.

### Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, 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_:
|INSEE Code || Canton || Millau || Rodez || Villefranche- de-Rouergue || Total||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1202|Aveyron et Tarn||5|12|**17**|
|1206|Enne et Alzou||8|3|**11**|
|1207|Lot et Dourdou||3|8|**11**|
|1208|Lot et Montbazinois|||16|**16**|
|1222|Villefranche-de-Rouergue|||3|**3**|
|1223|Villeneuvois et Villefranchois|||20|**20**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Villefranche-de-Rouergue has 62 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Les Albres <small>(12003)</small>
1. Almont-les-Junies <small>(12004)</small>
1. Ambeyrac <small>(12007)</small>
1. Asprières <small>(12012)</small>
1. Aubin <small>(12013)</small>
1. Balaguier-d'Olt <small>(12018)</small>
1. Le Bas-Ségala <small>(12021)</small>
1. Boisse-Penchot <small>(12028)</small>
1. Bor-et-Bar <small>(12029)</small>
1. Bouillac <small>(12030)</small>
1. Brandonnet <small>(12034)</small>
1. Capdenac-Gare <small>(12052)</small>
1. La Capelle-Balaguier <small>(12053)</small>
1. La Capelle-Bleys <small>(12054)</small>
1. Causse-et-Diège <small>(12257)</small>
1. Compolibat <small>(12071)</small>
1. Cransac <small>(12083)</small>
1. Decazeville <small>(12089)</small>
1. Drulhe <small>(12091)</small>
1. Firmi <small>(12100)</small>
1. Flagnac <small>(12101)</small>
1. Foissac <small>(12104)</small>
1. La Fouillade <small>(12105)</small>
1. Galgan <small>(12108)</small>
1. Lanuéjouls <small>(12121)</small>
1. Livinhac-le-Haut <small>(12130)</small>
1. Lugan <small>(12134)</small>
1. Lunac <small>(12135)</small>
1. Maleville <small>(12136)</small>
1. Martiel <small>(12140)</small>
1. Montbazens <small>(12148)</small>
1. Monteils <small>(12150)</small>
1. Montsalès <small>(12158)</small>
1. Morlhon-le-Haut <small>(12159)</small>
1. Najac <small>(12167)</small>
1. Naussac <small>(12170)</small>
1. Ols-et-Rinhodes <small>(12175)</small>
1. Peyrusse-le-Roc <small>(12181)</small>
1. Prévinquières <small>(12190)</small>
1. Privezac <small>(12191)</small>
1. Rieupeyroux <small>(12198)</small>
1. La Rouquette <small>(12205)</small>
1. Roussennac <small>(12206)</small>
1. Saint-André-de-Najac <small>(12210)</small>
1. Sainte-Croix <small>(12217)</small>
1. Saint-Igest <small>(12227)</small>
1. Saint-Parthem <small>(12240)</small>
1. Saint-Rémy <small>(12242)</small>
1. Saint-Santin <small>(12246)</small>
1. Salles-Courbatiès <small>(12252)</small>
1. Salvagnac-Cajarc <small>(12256)</small>
1. Sanvensa <small>(12259)</small>
1. Saujac <small>(12261)</small>
1. Savignac <small>(12263)</small>
1. Sonnac <small>(12272)</small>
1. Toulonjac <small>(12281)</small>
1. Vailhourles <small>(12287)</small>
1. Valzergues <small>(12289)</small>
1. Vaureilles <small>(12290)</small>
1. Villefranche-de-Rouergue <small>(12300)</small>
1. Villeneuve <small>(12301)</small>
1. Viviez <small>(12305)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12300|Villefranche-de-Rouergue|11,822|Villefranche-de-Rouergue|Villefranchois|
|12089|Decazeville|5,686|Lot et Dourdou|Bassin de Decazeville Aubin|
|12052|Capdenac-Gare|4,558|Lot et Montbazinois|Grand-Figeac|
|12013|Aubin|3,888|Enne et Alzou|Bassin de Decazeville Aubin|
|12100|Firmi|2,441|Enne et Alzou|Bassin de Decazeville Aubin|
|12198|Rieupeyroux|2,001|Aveyron et Tarn|Aveyron Ségala Viaur|
|12301|Villeneuve|1,954|Villeneuvois et Villefranchois|Villeneuvois, Diège et Lot|
|12021|Le Bas Ségala|1,615|Aveyron et Tarn|Aveyron Ségala Viaur|
|12083|Cransac|1,541|Enne et Alzou|Bassin de Decazeville Aubin|
|12148|Montbazens|1,409|Lot et Montbazinois|Plateau de Montbazens|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Aveyron department
- Communes of the Aveyron department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Villefranche-de-Rouergue
- **insee**: 123
- **nbcomm**: 96
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Villefranche-de-Rouergue
- **pop**: 88171
- **year**: 2016
- **area**: 2123.7
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Villefranche-de-Rouergue 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Occitanie