Rivel
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.jpg?lang=en) The town hall in Rivel | |
.svg?lang=en) Coat of arms | |
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| Location of Rivel | |
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| Coordinates: 42°56′43″N 2°00′04″E / 42.9453°N 2.0011°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Aude |
| Arrondissement | Limoux |
| Canton | La Haute-Vallée de l'Aude |
| Intercommunality | Pyrénées audoises |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jerome Artigues[1] |
Area 1 | 24.3 km2 (9.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 218 |
| • Density | 8.97/km2 (23.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 11316 /11230 |
| Elevation | 381–1,090 m (1,250–3,576 ft) (avg. 400 m or 1,300 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Rivel (French pronunciation: [ʁivɛl] ⓘ; Occitan: Rivèlh) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
Heraldry
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Tierced in reversed pairle: 1st azure with the bell tower of the church of the place [church of Sainte-Cécile], or, pierced of the field and campaned sable, 2nd argent with a fir tree cut vert and trunked tenné, 3rd gules with a wavy silver bend lowered, surmounted by a cross clechée, voided and pommée of twelve pieces or.
Coat of arms on the commune's Facebook page, 2025. Authors: JF Binon
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Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 309 | — |
| 1968 | 365 | +18.1% |
| 1975 | 312 | −14.5% |
| 1982 | 270 | −13.5% |
| 1990 | 233 | −13.7% |
| 1999 | 211 | −9.4% |
| 2008 | 221 | +4.7% |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
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