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Rieux-Volvestre (before June 2009: ''Rieux'';Décret n° 2009-755 du 22 juin 2009 portant changement de nom de communes
Légifrance ; oc, Rius) is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in
Haute-Garonne Haute-Garonne (; oc, Nauta Garona, ; en, Upper Garonne) is a department in the Occitanie region of Southwestern France. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country's ...
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in southwestern
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
. Prior to 2009, it was known as Rieux.


History

Rieux Cathedral Rieux Cathedral (french: Cathédrale de la Nativité-de-Marie de Rieux) is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Rieux-Volvestre, France. It has been listed since 1923 as a ''monument historique'' by the French Ministry of Culture. Ancien ...
, which is located here, was the seat of the
Ancien Régime ''Ancien'' may refer to * the French word for "ancient, old" ** Société des anciens textes français * the French for "former, senior" ** Virelai ancien ** Ancien Régime ** Ancien Régime in France {{disambig ...
diocese of Rieux The former French Catholic diocese of Rieux existed from 1317 until the French Revolution. It was based at Rieux-Volvestre, south-west France, in the modern department of Haute-Garonne. It was erected by Pope John XXII, as suffragan to the arc ...
, created in 1317 and dissolved in 1790. In 1560, Rieux-Volvestre was the site of the trial of Arnaud du Tilh, in the
Martin Guerre Martin Guerre, a French peasant of the 16th century, was at the centre of a famous case of imposture. Several years after Martin Guerre had left his wife, child and village, a man claiming to be him appeared. He lived with Guerre's wife and so ...
case of imposture. The commune of Rieux was renamed to Rieux-Volvestre in 2009, which is written by a decision.


Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Rivois'' or ''Rivoises''.


Twin towns

Rieux-Volvestre is twinned with: *
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See also

*
Communes of the Haute-Garonne department The following is a list of the 586 communes of the French department of Haute-Garonne. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Picture of Rieux Cathedral
Communes of Haute-Garonne {{HauteGaronne-geo-stub