Rodez

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Rodez
Rodez Coat of Arms
Rodez (France)
Rodez
region Occitania
Department Aveyron
Arrondissement Rodez
Canton Rodez-1
Rodez-2
Rodez-Onet
Community association Rodez agglomeration
Coordinates 44 ° 21 ′  N , 2 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 21 ′  N , 2 ° 34 ′  E
height 501-643 m
surface 11.18 km 2
Residents 24,057 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 2,152 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 12000
INSEE code 12202
Website http://www.mairie-rodez.fr/

Rodez ( Occitan Rodés ) is a French commune with 24,057 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Occitanie region . It is the seat of the administration ( préfecture ) of the Aveyron department and the seat of the Rodez Agglomération municipal association .

geography

The municipality is located between Toulouse and Lyon (122 km as the crow flies northeast of Toulouse and 236 km southwest of Lyon) at an altitude of 627 m on the Aveyron River .

history

The Gallic Segodunum on the Tabula Peutingeriana

Rodez goes to the Gallic settlement Segodunum from the 5th century BC. BC, the main town of the Rutener . In Roman times the place was called Ruthena civitas . It was on the northern border of the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis . Rodez has been the seat of the diocese of Rodez since the 4th century , which was restored by Saint Amans in the 5th century .

Rodez belonged successively to the Empire of the Visigoths , the Franks , the Duchy of Aquitaine and the County of Toulouse . The church was destroyed by the Moors in 725. The following period was marked by the rivalry between the bishops and the Counts of Rodez and Armagnac , who came to terms with the antipope Benedict XIII. allies. Under Bishop François d'Estaing , the construction of the cathedral was completed at the beginning of the 16th century. In 1589, King Henry IV firmly linked the county with France. In 1792 the measuring teams from Dunkirk and Barcelona met in Rodez to determine the length of the meter . in the 19th century there was a cultural and economic boom.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 20,924 23,328 25,550 24,368 24,701 23,707 24,028 23,739
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Notre Dame Cathedral
  • The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Rodez is one of the small group of Gothic buildings in southern France. The start of construction was relatively late in 1277, and construction dragged on for a very long time. The nave was not finished until the middle of the 16th century. The massive west side differs significantly from the cathedrals in Chartres or Reims . This is because the church was outside the city wall at the time of construction and therefore had to serve as a defense. Especially the lower half of the western outer front still shows the defensive character. The central portal is also missing; To compensate for this, the upper part is highlighted by a huge tracery window and a renaissance gable.

The front side is therefore the north facade, which, however, cannot be compared with buildings in the north of France. An innovation in Gothic architecture can be observed in the interior of the cathedral . It is characteristic of a cathedral in the late Gothic that pillars and services are merged into wave-shaped curves and the capital zone is now indicated exclusively by lines. If possible, the pillars should go through as vertical, linear elements from the base to the capital.

The wall elevation in turn blends the pillar with the wall. The triforium has a rectangular frame, like an isolated geometric element. These are also late forms of the Gothic, at a time when the Renaissance had actually long since arrived in France - namely since around 1490.

The Museum Musée Fenaille shows u. a. Statuettes from prehistoric times.

traffic

  • Rodez is 50 km west of the A 75 motorway and is connected to it by the N 88 .
  • Rodez has a train station, which is mainly served by regional express trains (TER) and also by a daily night train from Paris (ICN 3755).

education

Rodez has a branch of the University of Toulouse , where around 2,500 students are enrolled. The local Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI - Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie) also operates a training facility.

economy

The area is dominated by agriculture. The largest employer is Robert Bosch SAS with around 1,600 employees, followed by the local hospital and a branch of the Lactalis dairy with around 300 employees.

Personalities

Town twinning

Partner schools in

climate

The climate of Rodez is determined by continental influences in winter and Mediterranean influences in summer. Despite the southern location, the mean annual temperature is comparatively low due to the location of 620 meters above sea level. The annual sunshine duration of almost 2200 hours, however, is high.

month January February March April May June July August September October November December year
Minimum mean daytime temperature ( ° C ) 1 1 3 4th 8th 12 14th 14th 11 8th 4th 2 6.8
Maximum mean daytime temperature ( ° C ) 6th 7th 11 13 17th 22nd 25th 25th 20th 15th 9 7th 14.8
Precipitation
(in mm) 		36.2 27.0 23.9 43.8 46.0 34.9 22.9 31.1 50.0 60.1 45.1 37.7 38.2
Source: MSN Météo

See also

Web links

Commons : Rodez  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ↑ www.rodezagglo.fr
  2. ↑ musee-fenaille.rodezagglo.fr
  3. ↑ www.gares-sncf.com  ; see also en: Gare de Rodez
  4. ↑ lesechos.fr January 22, 2018: L'usine Bosch de Rodez menacée par la chute du diesel
  5. ↑ Bosch va investir 14 millions d'euros sous conditions dans son usine d'Onet-le Château en Aveyron
  6. ↑ Map of the mean sunshine duration in France ( Memento from April 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive )