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 Raspes et Lévezou. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and *arrondissements*:

### 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:

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

## References