What is Arrondissement of Rodez?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Rodez | INSEE=122 | nbcomm=79 | prefecture=y | seat=[[Rodez]] | population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | area=2869.7 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Rodez 2019.png | map_caption=Location within the region Occitanie }} The '''arrondissement of Rodez''' is an [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]] of France. It is part of the [[Aveyron]] ''[[Departments of France|département]]'' in the [[Occitanie]] [[Regions of France|region]]. Its [[Capital city|capital]], and [[Prefectures in France|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.<ref name=splaf>{{cite web |url=http://splaf.free.fr/12his.html |title=Historique de l'Aveyron |work=Le SPLAF |language=French |accessdate=20 January 2017 |date= }}</ref> ==Geography== It is the most northern of the ''arrondissements'' of the department with an area of {{Convert|3974.4|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=off}}, the largest in area, and the most populated of the department with 143,841 inhabitants and a [[population density]] of {{Pop density|143841|3974.4|km2|prec=1|disp=num}} inhabitants/km².<ref name=insee>{{cite web |url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2525755/dep12.pdf |title=Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes |work= Populations légales 2014 |publisher=Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE |language=French |accessdate=20 January 2017|date= }}</ref> 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 [[Arrondissement of Millau|Millau]], and to the west by the [[Tarn]] ([[Occitanie