What is Arrondissement of Villefranche-de-Rouergue?
{{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 }} The '''arrondissement of Villefranche-de-Rouergue''' 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|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.<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 western of the ''arrondissements'' of the department, with an area of {{Convert|1293.4|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}, 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 {{Pop density|63808|1293.4|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 |format=PDF |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 ''arrondissement'' of [[Arrondissement of Rodez|Rodez]], to the south by the [[Tarn]] ([[Occitanie]]) department and to the west by the [[Tarn-et-Garonne]] ([[Occitanie]]) and the [[Lot (department)|Lot