Arrondissement of Rodez

The arrondissement of Rodez is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Aveyron département in the Occitanie region. Its capital, and préfecture of the department, is the city of Rodez.

History
When the arrondissements were created in 1800, Rodez was one of them in the Aveyron department.

Geography
It is the most northern of the arrondissements of the department with an area of , the largest in area, and the most populated of the department with 143,841 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 Lozère (Occitanie) department, to the southwest and to the south by the arrondissement of Millau, and to the west by the Tarn (Occitanie) department and by the arrondissement of Villefranche-de-Rouergue.

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 Rodez, there are only four cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Aveyron et Tarn, Enne et Alzou, Lot et Dourdou and [[
canton of Raspes et Lévezou|Raspes et Lévezou]]. 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  Total1201  Aubrac et Carladez21211202  Aveyron et Tarn512171203  Causse-Comtal771205  Ceor-Ségala18181206  Enne et Alzou83111207  Lot et Dourdou38111209  Lot et Palanges13131210  Lot et Truyère14141213  Monts du Réquistanais14141214  Nord-Lévezou441215  Raspes et Lévezou166221216  Rodez-1part of Rodezpart of Rodez1217  Rodez-21 + part of Rodez1 + part of Rodez1218  Rodez-Onet1 + part of Rodez1 + part of Rodez1221  Vallon1111

Communes
The arrondissement of Rodez has 127 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Agen-d'Aveyron (12001)
 Anglars-Saint-Félix (12008)
 Argences-en-Aubrac (12223)
 Arques (12010)
 Arvieu (12011)
 Auriac-Lagast (12015)
 Auzits (12016)
 Balsac (12020)
 Baraqueville (12056)
 Belcastel (12024)
 Bertholène (12026)
 Bessuéjouls (12027)
 Bournazel (12031)
 Boussac (12032)
 Bozouls (12033)
 Brommat (12036)
 Cabanès (12041)
 Calmont (12043)
 Camboulazet (12045)
 Camjac (12046)
 Campouriez (12048)
 Campuac (12049)
 Canet-de-Salars (12050)
 Cantoin (12051)
 Cassagnes-Bégonhès (12057)
 Cassuéjouls (12058)
 Castanet (12059)
 Castelmary (12060)
 Castelnau-de-Mandailles (12061)
 Le Cayrol (12064)
 Centrès (12065)
 Clairvaux-d'Aveyron (12066)
 Colombiès (12068)
 Comps-la-Grand-Ville (12073)
 Condom-d'Aubrac (12074)
 Connac (12075)
 Conques-en-Rouergue (12076)
 Coubisou (12079)
 Crespin (12085)
 Curières (12088)
 Druelle (12090)
 Durenque (12092)
 Entraygues-sur-Truyère (12094)
 Escandolières (12095)
 Espalion (12096)
 Espeyrac (12097)
 Estaing (12098)
 Le Fel (12093)
 Flavin (12102)
 Florentin-la-Capelle (12103)
 Gabriac (12106)
 Gaillac-d'Aveyron (12107)
 Golinhac (12110)
 Goutrens (12111)
 Gramond (12113)
 Huparlac (12116)
 Lacroix-Barrez (12118)
 Laguiole (12119)
 Laissac-Sévérac-l'Église (12120)
 Lassouts (12124)
 Lédergues (12127)
 Lescure-Jaoul (12128)
 La Loubière (12131)
 Luc-la-Primaube (12133)
 Manhac (12137)
 Marcillac-Vallon (12138)
 Mayran (12142)
 Meljac (12144)
 Le Monastère (12146)
 Montézic (12151)
 Montpeyroux (12156)
 Montrozier (12157)
 Mouret (12161)
 Moyrazès (12162)
 Mur-de-Barrez (12164)
 Muret-le-Château (12165)
 Murols (12166)
 Naucelle (12169)
 Nauviale (12171)
 Le Nayrac (12172)
 Olemps (12174)
 Onet-le-Château (12176)
 Palmas-d'Aveyron (12177)
 Pierrefiche (12182)
 Pomayrols (12184)
 Pont-de-Salars (12185)
 Prades-d'Aubrac (12187)
 Prades-Salars (12188)
 Pradinas (12189)
 Pruines (12193)
 Quins (12194)
 Réquista (12197)
 Rignac (12199)
 Rodelle (12201)
 Rodez (12202)
 Rullac-Saint-Cirq (12207)
 Saint-Amans-des-Cots (12209)
 Saint-Christophe-Vallon (12215)
 Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac (12214)
 Saint-Côme-d'Olt (12216)
 Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt (12219)
 Sainte-Juliette-sur-Viaur (12234)
 Sainte-Radegonde (12241)
 Saint-Félix-de-Lunel (12221)
 Saint-Geniez-d'Olt-et-d'Aubrac (12224)
 Saint-Hippolyte (12226)
 Saint-Jean-Delnous (12230)
 Saint-Just-sur-Viaur (12235)
 Saint-Symphorien-de-Thénières (12250)
 Salles-la-Source (12254)
 Salmiech (12255)
 La Salvetat-Peyralès (12258)
 Sauveterre-de-Rouergue (12262)
 Sébazac-Concourès (12264)
 Sébrazac (12265)
 La Selve (12267)
 Sénergues (12268)
 Soulages-Bonneval (12273)
 Tauriac-de-Naucelle (12276)
 Taussac (12277)
 Tayrac (12278)
 Thérondels (12280)
 Trémouilles (12283)
 Valady (12288)
 Le Vibal (12297)
 Villecomtal (12298)
 Vimenet (12303)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 12202  Rodez  24,088 Rodez-1, Rodez-2 and Rodez-Onet  Rodez Agglomération 12176  Onet-le-Château  11,837  Rodez-Onet Rodez Agglomération 12133  Luc-la-Primaube  5,898  Nord-Lévezou  Rodez Agglomération 12096  Espalion  4,460  Lot et Truyère  Espalion-Estaing 12174  Olemps  3,329  Nord-Lévezou  Rodez Agglomération 12264  Sébazac-Concourès  3,197  Causse-Comtal  Rodez Agglomération 12056  Baraqueville  3,137  Ceor-Ségala  Pays Ségali 12033  Bozouls  2,781  Causse-Comtal  Comtal Lot et Truyère 12090  Druelle  2,326  Vallon  Rodez Agglomération 12102  Flavin  2,308  Nord-Lévezou  Pays de Salars

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Aveyron department
 Communes of the Aveyron department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Rodez