Arrondissement of Villefranche-de-Rouergue

The arrondissement of Villefranche-de-Rouergue is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Aveyron "département" in the Occitanie region. Its capital, and 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.
Geography.
It is the most western of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of , 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 inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" is bordered to the north by the Cantal (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) department, to the east by the "arrondissement" of Rodez, to the south by the Tarn (Occitanie) department and to the west by the Tarn-et-Garonne (Occitanie) and the Lot (Occitanie) departments.
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 Villefranche-de-Rouergue, there are three cantons where not all their "communes" are in the "arrondissement": Aveyron et Tarn, Enne et Alzou and Lot et Dourdou. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Villefranche-de-Rouergue has 62 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: