Rodez facts for kids

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Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Rodez
Canton	Chief town of 3 cantons
Intercommunality	Grand Rodez
Area 1	11.18 km2 (4.32 sq mi)
Population  (2013)	23,741
• Density	2,123.5/km2 (5,499.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	12202 /12000
Elevation	501–643 m (1,644–2,110 ft) (avg. 572 m or 1,877 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rodez (Occitan: Rodés) is a commune in southwestern France in the department of Aveyron, of which it is its prefecture.

It was the capital of Rouergue, a former French province. Rodez is also the capital of 3 cantons: Rodez-1, Rodez-2 and Rodez-Onet.

History

Existing from at least the 5th century BC, Rodez was founded by Celtic people, the Ruteni. Here they built an oppidum (fortified place) which, after the Roman occupation, was named Segodunum ("Fortified place", "high hill"). The town later was given the name of Civitas Rutenorum ("City of the Ruteni") and then only Ruteni and, finally, Rodez.

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the city was taken by the Visigoths and then by the Franks; in 725, the Moors took the city and destroyed the old church. Later it was occupied by the armies of the Dukes of Aquitaine and of the Counts of Toulouse. English troops occupied Rodez during the Hundred Years War.

With the creation of the Aveyron department in 1790, Rodez became préfecture of the department.

Geography

The commune of Rodez is on the western part of the central plateau (Massif Central) of France. The Aveyron river and the Auterne stream flow through the city.

Rodez has an area of 11.18 km² (4.32 sq mi) and its average altitude is 572 m (1,877 ft); at the city hall, the altitude is 627 m (2,057 ft)..

Rodez is surrounded by the communes Onet-le-Château, Sainte-Radegonde, Le Monastère and Olemps.

	Onet-le-Château	Onet-le-Château	Onet-le-Château
	Olemps		Sainte-Radegonde
		Rodez
	Olemps	Le Monastère	Le Monastère

Climate

The climate of Rodez, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.

Population

With a population in 21012 of 23,741, Rodez has a population density is of 2,124 inhabitants/km².

The inhabitants of Rodez are known, in French, as Ruthénois (women: Ruthénoises).

Sister cities

Rodez is twinned with:

• Pigüé, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
• Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany
• Fderîck, Mauritania

Related pages

Arrondissements of the Aveyron department

Images for kids

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  Rodez-Aveyron has a daily connection to Paris-Orly in 1 hour 25 minutes.

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  Tour des Corbières, 15th century, with a section of the ramparts at the Boulevard d'Estourmel.

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  Latin inscription found in Rodez (Augustan era)

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  The city centre in the early 20th century. It was connected to the station with the tramway of Rodez [fr], which we see here with a tram.

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  The Dojo gym

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  Estivada 2015

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  The Viaduct de l'Europe: Gateway to the Rodez economy between the city centre and the Bourra Quarter

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  The Paraire Chapel [fr] in Rodez (April 2008)

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  Hôtel de Bonald

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  Maison d'Armagnac

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  Layoule Bridge

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  The Gascarie Viaduct, around 1910

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  Foirail public garden

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  Society of letters of Aveyron

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  Fenaille museum housed in the Hotel Jouéry

See also

In Spanish: Rodez para niños