Canton of Villefranche-de-Rouergue

Canton of Villefranche-de-Rouergue
region	Occitania
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Villefranche-de-Rouergue
Centralisateur bureau	Villefranche-de-Rouergue
Residents	13,285 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	123 inhabitants / km²
surface	108.07 km²
Communities	3
INSEE code	1222
Location of the canton of Villefranche-de-Rouergue in the Aveyron department

The canton of Villefranche-de-Rouergue is a French constituency in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region . It comprises three municipalities in the arrondissement of Villefranche-de-Rouergue and has its bureau centralisateur in Villefranche-de-Rouergue . As part of the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons, it was reduced in size in spring 2015.

Communities

The canton consists of three municipalities with a total of 13,285 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of ​​108.07 km ² :

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code
La Rouquette	784	29.81	26th	12205	12200
Vailhourles	634	32.41	20th	12287	12200
Villefranche-de-Rouergue	11,867	45.85	259	12300	12200
Canton of Villefranche-de-Rouergue	13,285	108.07	123	1222	-

Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the canton of Villefranche-de-Rouergue included the seven municipalities of La Rouquette , Martiel , Morlhon-le-Haut , Savignac , Toulonjac , Vailhourles and Villefranche-de-Rouergue . Its layout corresponded to an area of ​​199.40 km ² . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 1242.

politics

Representative in the Department Council
Term of office	Names	Political party
2015–	Stéphanie Bayol Eric Cantournet	PRG

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Décret n ° 2014-205 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Aveyron published in JORF and in Légifrance (French).