Réquista

Réquista
Réquista
Commune
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Réquista
	Réquista Réquista
	Coordinates: 44°02′00″N 2°32′10″E / 44.0333°N 2.5361°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Millau
Canton	Monts du Réquistanais
Intercommunality	Réquistanais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Causse
Area 1	59.32 km2 (22.90 sq mi)
Population (2021)	1,961
• Density	33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	12197 /12170
Elevation	207–670 m (679–2,198 ft) ; (avg. 580 m or 1,900 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Réquista (French pronunciation: [ʁekista]; Occitan: Requistar, primarily Ric Estar) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.

Geography

Location

Rullac-Saint-Cirq	La Selve, Aveyron	Durenque
Saint-Jean-Delnous	N	Lestrade-et-Thouels
	W Réquista E
	S
Cadix, Tarn, Fraissines	Brasc	Connac

Climate

Climate data for Réquista
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	10 (50)	11 (52)	16 (61)	18 (64)	22 (72)	26 (79)	28 (82)	29 (84)	24 (75)	20 (68)	13 (55)	10 (50)	18.9 (66.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6 (43)	6.5 (43.7)	10 (50)	12 (54)	16.5 (61.7)	20 (68)	22 (72)	22.5 (72.5)	18 (64)	15 (59)	9 (48)	6.5 (43.7)	13.6 (56.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	2 (36)	2 (36)	4 (39)	6 (43)	11 (52)	14 (57)	16 (61)	16 (61)	12 (54)	10 (50)	5 (41)	3 (37)	8.4 (47.1)
Source: Le climat à Réquista (en °C et mm, moyennes mensuelles) Météo msn^[3]

History

Toponymy

In Occitan, the commune is called Requistar. The name comes from the term ric estar which means "rich place".

Coat of arms

blazon1	The coat of arms for the commune of Réquista are emblazoned as follows: Party: The first gold leopard lioness rounded Gules, with the second also gold lion Gules; all summoned by a chief of sand laden with four flames of gold.

Politics and administration

List of mayors

List of successive mayors

Term		Name	Label	Quality
1881	1892	Emile Carcenac	Right-wing	General Councilor (1886-1892)
1892	1901	Xavier Audouard	Independent
1901	1904	Ernest Audouard	Independent
1904	1906	Joseph Cluzel	Independent
1906	1907	Baptiste Canac	Independent
1907	1929	Joseph Cluzel	Independent
1929	1935	Pierre Ferral	Independent	Doctor
1935	1936	Jules Maurs	Independent
1936	1941	Elie Saussol	Independent
1941	1944	Pierre Ferral	Independent
1944	1953	Elie Saussol	Independent
1953	1971	Albert Fournier	Rad. then UDR	General Councilor (1945-1970)
1971	1977	Gabriel Fastré	Independent
1977	1989	Gaston Pialat	Independent
1989	1995	Marcel Souchon	Socialist
1995	2000	Dominique Azam	UDF	General Councilor (1986-2001)
2000	2001	Lucien Bonnevialle	RPR
2001	2014	Eric Bula^[4]	Socialist
2014	Present	Michel Causse	DVD	Doctor President of the Community of Communes

Population and society

Demography

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,734	—
1800	2,546	−1.01%
1806	3,663	+6.25%
1821	3,709	+0.08%
1831	3,547	−0.45%
1836	4,025	+2.56%
1841	4,185	+0.78%
1846	3,874	−1.53%
1851	4,380	+2.49%
1856	4,354	−0.12%
1861	4,207	−0.68%
1866	4,017	−0.92%
1872	4,330	+1.26%
1876	3,751	−3.52%
1881	3,387	−2.02%
1886	3,347	−0.24%
1891	3,334	−0.08%
1896	2,821	−3.29%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	2,776	−0.32%
1906	2,884	+0.77%
1911	2,655	−1.64%
1921	2,606	−0.19%
1926	2,562	−0.34%
1931	2,500	−0.49%
1936	2,587	+0.69%
1946	2,604	+0.07%
1954	2,583	−0.10%
1962	2,405	−0.89%
1968	2,482	+0.53%
1975	2,625	+0.80%
1982	2,512	−0.63%
1990	2,243	−1.41%
1999	2,060	−0.94%
2007	2,092	+0.19%
2012	2,020	−0.70%
2017	2,005	−0.15%

Source: EHESS^[5] and INSEE^[6]

Cultural events and festivities

Statue of a sheep and its lamb in front of the town hall of Réquista. The sheep being the symbol of the city.

Since Réquista is the first sheep canton in Europe, a sheep festival is organized every year on the first Sunday of June. A statue of a sheep and its lamb is also erected in front of the town hall. Every Monday morning (or Tuesday morning if Monday happens to be a holiday), the sheep market attracts breeders from the region as well as many buyers from neighboring departments. It begins at 9:00am with gray lambs, continues with lamb exports at 9:30am, cull ewes at 10:00am and lambs at 10:30am. The introduction of this market in 1992 necessitated the construction of a area big enough to fit an annual volume of 120,000 people (4,400m²). Quotations are recorded weekly and serve as reference to the national plan.^[7]

Festivities

Ovine market every Monday (Tuesday if Monday is a holiday)
Weekly market in the covered hall from 7:30am to 12:30pm every Saturday
Monthly fair the second Thursday of the month from 8:30am to 12:00pm
Estofinado at the end of March
Feast of the sheep every year on the first Sunday of June
Bellegarde Hospital Festival the penultimate weekend of June
Flea market garage sale gourmet market during Lincou weekend after July 14
Lincou Festival the first weekend of August
Large flea market in Réquista the 3rd weekend of September
Christmas market on the last Sunday of November
Medieval day at the college Céléstin Sourrèzes organized by 5th year students
Feast of Saint-Julien (municipality of Réquista) with a lottery (Friday), meal and prom musette (Saturday) and bodega (Sunday) penultimate weekend of August
Fair at the flea market and exhibition of vintage cars the 3rd weekend of September
Fireworks at Lincou and votive festival the first weekend of August
Lottery numbers in Réquista and around
Wine tasting at the company of chiais
Festival of trout August 15 organized by Lévezou Ségala Aveyron XV
Votive festival in Lebous the 2nd weekend in September

Local associations

The motorcycle club Réquista has a cross field.
National petanque.
Dance Gala with students Josiane Nespoulous.
Commercial Fortnight (last week of July and first of August) organized by the Union of Traders and Craftsmen of Réquista

Nadalet de Réquista

Nadalet de Réquista is a song in Occitan written by Paul Bonnefous in 1864. It is sung every year at the Mass on 24 December by the choir of the church of Réquista.

Places and monuments

Church of Réquista
Museum art gallery of the Lincou manor

Church of Réquista

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In other languages

The name of the region/commune of Réquista is pronounced Request in English, which is also an acceptable and well recognized name of the region/commune.

Communes of the Aveyron department

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Le climat à Réquista (en °C et mm, moyennes mensuelles) Météo msn". msn.com/fr-fr (in French). Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. [1]
^ Les Handinautes (10 September 2004). "Yanous ! Chroniques citoyennes du handicap : Eric Bula". www.yanous.com (in French). Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Réquista, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "FMBV". fmbv.asso.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] "Le climat à Réquista (en °C et mm, moyennes mensuelles) Météo msn". msn.com/fr-fr (in French). Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. [1]

[4] Les Handinautes (10 September 2004). "Yanous ! Chroniques citoyennes du handicap : Eric Bula". www.yanous.com (in French). Retrieved 30 March 2018.

[5] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Réquista, EHESS (in French).

[6] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

[7] "FMBV". fmbv.asso.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

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