What is Arrondissements of the Aveyron department?
There are 3 '''arrondissements in the [[Aveyron]] department'''.<ref name=insee1>{{cite web|url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/methodes/nomenclatures/cog/arrdep.asp?codedep=12 |title=Liste des arrondissement du département de l'Aveyron |publisher=Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE |language=French |accessdate=18 April 2014|date= }}</ref> The [[France|French]] [[Departments of France|departments]], and in other countries, are divided into ''[[Arrondissements of France|arrondissements]]'', which may be translated into English as '''districts''' (in some cases, as '''[[borough]]s'''). The capital of an arrondissement is called a [[Subprefectures in France|subprefecture]]. If the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture. Arrondissements are further divided into [[Cantons of France|cantons]] and [[Communes of France|communes]]. The arrondissements of the Aveyron are: # [[Arrondissement of Millau]], (subprefecture: [[Millau]]), with 97 communes. # [[Arrondissement of Rodez]], ([[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] of the Aveyron department: [[Rodez]]), with 127 communes. # [[Arrondissement of Villefranche-de-Rouergue]], (subprefecture: [[Villefranche-de-Rouergue]]), with 62 communes. ==History== Since its creation, the Aveyron department has had few changes:<ref name=splaf>{{cite web |url=http://splaf.free.fr/12his.html |title=Historique de l'Aveyron |work=Le SPLAF |language=French |accessdate=18 April 2014 |date= }}</ref> * 1790 : creation of the Aveyron department with nine [[district]]s: Mur-de-Barrez, Saint-Geniez-d'Olt, Sévérac-le-Château, Millau, Saint-Affrique, Sauveterre, Villefranche, Aubin, Rodez; the [[Capital (city)|capital]] was [[Rodez]] * 1800 : creation of the arrondissements: Rodez, Espalion, Millau, Saint-Affrique, Villefranche-de-Rouergue * 1926 : the arrondissements of Espalion and Saint-Affrique are eliminated ==Re