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|intercommunality = Le Grand Villefranchois
|intercommunality = Le Grand Villefranchois
|mayor = Serge Roques<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villefranchederouergue.fr/spip.php?article134 |title= Le conseil municipal |publisher= Mairie de Millau |language=French |accessdate=17 March 2017 |date= }}</ref>
|mayor = Serge Roques<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.villefranchederouergue.fr/spip.php?article134 |title=Le conseil municipal |publisher=Mairie de Millau |language=French |accessdate=17 March 2017 |date= |archive-date=28 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128183319/http://www.villefranchederouergue.fr/spip.php?article134 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|term = 2014-2020
|term = 2014-2020
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'''Villefranche-de-Rouergue''' ({{lang-oc|Vilafranca de Roergue}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in southern [[France]] in the [[Aveyron]] [[Departments of France|department]], in the [[Regions of France|region]] of [[Occitanie]]. It is the [[Prefectures in France|''sous-prefecture'']] ([[Capital city|capital]]) of the ''[[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]]'' of the same name in the [[Aveyron]] [[Departments of France|department]].
'''Villefranche-de-Rouergue''' ({{lang-oc|Vilafranca de Roergue}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in southern [[France]] in the [[Aveyron]] [[Departments of France|department]], in the [[Regions of France|region]] of [[Occitanie]]. It is the [[Prefectures in France|''sous-prefecture'']] ([[Capital city|capital]]) of the ''[[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]]'' of the same name in the [[Aveyron]] [[Departments of France|department]].
== History ==
==History==
In 1252, Alphonse de Poitiers, Count of Toulouse, sent Jean d'Arcis, [[Seneschal]] of Rouergue, to build a city along the [[Aveyron (river)|Aveyron]] as a new [[Capital (city)|capital]] for [[Rouergue]] (an old [[France|French]] [[province]]): Villefranche-de-Rouergue. From 1369 to the [[French Revolution]], Villefranche-de-Rouergue was the capital of Rouergue.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.villefranchederouergue.fr/spip.php?article253&retour=back |title=Villefranche, ville nouvelle du moyen âge |publisher=Mairie de Villefranche-de-Rouergue |language=French |accessdate=27 June 2014 |date= |archive-date=10 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110013357/http://www.villefranchederouergue.fr/spip.php?article253&retour=back |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 1252, Alphonse de Poitiers, Count of Toulouse, sent Jean d'Arcis, [[Seneschal]] of Rouergue, to build a city along the [[Aveyron (river)|Aveyron]] as a new [[Capital (city)|capital]] for [[Rouergue]] (an old [[France|French]] [[province]]): Villefranche-de-Rouergue. From 1369 to the [[French Revolution]], Villefranche-de-Rouergue was the capital of Rouergue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villefranchederouergue.fr/spip.php?article253&retour=back |title=Villefranche, ville nouvelle du moyen âge |publisher=Mairie de Villefranche-de-Rouergue |language=French |accessdate=27 June 2014 |date= }}</ref>
== Geography ==
==Geography==
Villefranche-de-Rouergue is in the valley of the Aveyron river along the line that separates the ''Causses'' ([[limestone]] [[plateau]]s) from the ''Ségala'' [[Geography|geographical]] [[region]].
Villefranche-de-Rouergue is in the valley of the Aveyron river along the line that separates the ''Causses'' ([[limestone]] [[plateau]]s) from the ''Ségala'' [[Geography|geographical]] [[region]].
|Northwest = [[Toulonjac]]
|Northwest = [[Toulonjac]]
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== Climate ==
The climate of Villefranche-de-Rouergue, in the [[Köppen climate classification]], is '''Cfb''' - Oceanic climate with template summers.<ref>{{cite web |work=Annuaire-Mairie.fr |publisher= |title=La ville de Villefranche-de-Rouergue |url=http://www.annuaire-mairie.fr/ville-villefranche-de-rouergue.html |language=French |accessdate=27 June 2013}}</ref>
The climate of Villefranche-de-Rouergue, in the [[Köppen climate classification]], is '''Cfb''' - Oceanic climate with template summers.<ref>{{cite web |work=Annuaire-Mairie.fr |publisher= |title=La ville de Villefranche-de-Rouergue |url=http://www.annuaire-mairie.fr/ville-villefranche-de-rouergue.html |language=French |accessdate=27 June 2013}}</ref>
== Population ==
==Population==
The inhabitants of Villefranche-de-Rouergue are known, in [[French language|French]], as ''Villefranchois'' (women: ''Villefranchoises'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.habitants.fr/habitants_villefranche-de-rouergue_12300.html |title=Villefranche-de-Rouergue (12200) |publisher=habitants.fr |language=French |accessdate=27 June 2014 |date= }}</ref>
The inhabitants of Villefranche-de-Rouergue are known, in [[French language|French]], as ''Villefranchois'' (women: ''Villefranchoises'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.habitants.fr/habitants_villefranche-de-rouergue_12300.html |title=Villefranche-de-Rouergue (12200) |publisher=habitants.fr |language=French |accessdate=27 June 2014 |date= }}</ref>
Villefranche-de-Rouergue forms with [[Toulonjac]] the [[urban area]] of Villefranche-de-Rouergue with a population of 12,644 inhabitants (2013) and an area of {{Convert|53.1|km2|sqmi|abbr=on }}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=UU2010-12301 |title=Unité urbaine de Villefranche-de-Rouergue (12301) |work= Comparateur de territoire |publisher=Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE |format= |language=French |accessdate=17 March 2017|date= }}</ref> This urban area is the centre of the [[metropolitan area]] of Villefranche-de-Rouergue, formed by 16 ''communes'' with a population of 20,180 inhabitants and an area of {{Convert|357.8|km2|sqmi|abbr=on }}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=AU2010-255 |title=Aire urbaine de Villefranche-de-Rouergue (255) |work= Comparateur de territoire |publisher=Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE |format= |language=French |accessdate=17 March 2017|date= }}</ref>
Villefranche-de-Rouergue forms with [[Toulonjac]] the [[urban area]] of Villefranche-de-Rouergue with a population of 12,644 inhabitants (2013) and an area of {{Convert|53.1|km2|sqmi|abbr=on }}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=UU2010-12301 |title=Unité urbaine de Villefranche-de-Rouergue (12301) |work= Comparateur de territoire |publisher=Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE |format= |language=French |accessdate=17 March 2017|date= }}</ref> This urban area is the centre of the [[metropolitan area]] of Villefranche-de-Rouergue, formed by 16 ''communes'' with a population of 20,180 inhabitants and an area of {{Convert|357.8|km2|sqmi|abbr=on }}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=AU2010-255 |title=Aire urbaine de Villefranche-de-Rouergue (255) |work= Comparateur de territoire |publisher=Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE |format= |language=French |accessdate=17 March 2017|date= }}</ref>
== Administration ==
== Administration ==
Villefranche-de-Rouergue is a [[Prefectures in France|subprefecture]] of the Aveyron department, the capital of the ''arrondissement'' of [[Arrondissement of Villefranche-de-Rouergue|Villefranche-de-Rouergue]] and the [[administrative centre]] ({{lang-fr|chef-lieu}}) of the [[Cantons of France|canton]] of [[Canton of Villefranche-de-Rouergue|Villefranche-de-Rouergue]], with 13,282 inhabitants <small>(2014)</small>.
Villefranche-de-Rouergue is a [[Prefectures in France|subprefecture]] of the Aveyron department, the capital of the ''arrondissement'' of [[Arrondissement of Villefranche-de-Rouergue|Villefranche-de-Rouergue]] and the [[administrative centre]] ({{lang-fr|chef-lieu}}) of the [[Cantons of France|canton]] of [[Canton of Villefranche-de-Rouergue|Villefranche-de-Rouergue]], with 13,282 inhabitants <small>(2014)</small>.
It is part of the [[Communes of France|intercommunality]] ''Le Grand Villefranchois'' ({{lang-fr|Communauté de communes du Grand Villefranchois}}).
It is part of the [[Communes of France|intercommunality]] ''Le Grand Villefranchois'' ({{lang-fr|Communauté de communes du Grand Villefranchois}}).
== Sister cities ==
Villefranche-de-Rouergue is [[Twin town|twinned]] with:
Villefranche-de-Rouergue is [[Twin town|twinned]] with:
* {{Flagicon|BIH}} [[Bihać]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
* {{Flagicon|BIH}} [[Bihać]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
* {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Pula]], [[Croatia]]
* {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Pula]], [[Croatia]]
* {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Sarzana]], [[Italy]]
* {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Sarzana]], [[Italy]]
== Gallery ==
==Gallery==
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File:Villefranche-de-Rouergue - Hôtel de ville -1.JPG|City Hall
File:Villefranche-de-Rouergue - Hôtel de ville -1.JPG|City Hall
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==References==
== Villefranche-de-Rouergue Media ==
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File:Villefranche-de-Rouergue_marché.jpg|Marketplace on Place Notre-Dame
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== References ==
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== Related pages ==
==Related pages==
* [[Arrondissements of the Aveyron department]]
* [[Arrondissements of the Aveyron department]]
* [[Communes of the Aveyron department]]
* [[Communes of the Aveyron department]]
== Other websites ==
==Other websites==
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*[http://www.villefranchederouergue.fr/ Mairie de Villefranche-de-Rouergue - Official website] {{in lang|fr}}
*[http://www.villefranchederouergue.fr/ Mairie de Villefranche-de-Rouergue - Official website] {{in lang|fr}}