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.

Composition
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:
+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Millau INSEECode  Canton  Millau  Rodez  Villefranche-de-Rouergue  Total1202 Aveyron et Tarn512171206 Enne et Alzou83111207 Lot et Dourdou38111208 Lot et Montbazinois16161222 Villefranche-de-Rouergue331223 Villeneuvois et Villefranchois2020
Communes
The arrondissement of Villefranche-de-Rouergue has 62 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

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

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  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

References

Villefranche-de-Rouergue