Rodez Population and Area (Aveyron)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Rodez (Aveyron)
Rodez: Population and Area
With 25,685 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Rodez is the 362nd most populous town in France in 2026 and the most populous in the Aveyron department, out of 285 communes. It covers 11 km² (17,050th largest area in France, 258th largest in the department), with a population density of 2,297 inhabitants per km², or 21 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 396th in France for density.
Rodez is located in the Aveyron department (12), in the Occitanie region (formerly Midi-Pyrénées), where it ranks 21st by population out of 4,446 communes. It is the most populous town in the Aveyron department, which is home to 289,413 people over 8,735 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Aveyron department and the regional ranking: largest city in Occitanie.
Towns of similar size in the Aveyron department: Millau (pop. 22,678), Onet-le-Château (pop. 12,679), Villefranche-de-Rouergue (pop. 11,734).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 12202. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.