Arvieu

Arvieu
The Lake of Pareloup
Coat of arms
Arvieu
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region  Arvieu
Coordinates: 44°11′29″N 2°39′43″E / 44.1914°N 2.6619°E / 44.1914; 2.6619Coordinates: 44°11′29″N 2°39′43″E / 44.1914°N 2.6619°E / 44.1914; 2.6619
Country	France
Region	Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Rodez
Canton	Cassagnes-Bégonhès
Intercommunality	Lévézou Pareloup
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Gilles Bounhol
Area1	46.91 km2 (18.11 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	865
• Density	18/km2 (48/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	12011 / 12120
Elevation	606–929 m (1,988–3,048 ft) (avg. 730 m or 2,400 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Arvieu (Occitan: Arviu) is a French commune in the Aveyron department in the Midi-Pyrénées region of southern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arvieunois or Arvieunoises.^[1]

Geography

Arvieu is located some 23 km south by south-east of Rodez and 7 km north of Alrance. Access to the commune is by the D56 road from Pont-de-Salars in the north-east passing through the commune and the village and continuing south to Durenque. The D82 branches off the D56 north of the village and goes north to Flavin. The D577 branches off the D56 in the south of the commune and goes west to Salmiech. The commune is entirely farmland except for some small patches of forest.^[2]

The eastern border of the commune is the Lac de Pareloup. The Céor river rises in the east of the commune and flows west through the village then south forming part of the western border before continuing west to join the Viaur at Saint-Just-sur-Viaur. The Ruisseau de Glauzeilles rises in the north of the commune flowing west then south-west, forming the north-eastern border of the commune, to join the Céor. The Ruisseau de Calieres rises in the east of the commune and flows north to join the Vioulou just north of the commune.^[2]

Places and hamlets^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

	Comps-la-Grand-Ville	Trémouilles	Canet-de-Salars
	Salmiech		Salles-Curan
	Arvieu
	Auriac-Lagast	Alrance

History

• There are traces of the Gallo-Romans
• In the 16th century the village was besieged
• In the 18th century the Vigouroux family of Rodez bought the Lordship
• The Arvieu Affair: The village was attacked by a band of counter-revolutionaries from the former Army of Charrié who hid in the Palanges Forest. The house of Citizen Bonnefous, the leading citizen of the commune, was pillaged. Many people were accused of supporting the attackers who were from the de Barrau family of Carcenac-Salmiech.^[4]
• The ramparts were destroyed in the 19th century.

Heraldry

Blazon: Party per bend sinister, at 1 Azure with a Cross of Malta of Or; at 2 Gules, a lion Argent.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[5]

Mayors from 1941

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1941	1945	Victor Boudes
1945	1950	Justin Mai
1950	1965	Ernest Thubieres
1965	1983	Raymond Almes
1983	1995	Léonce Terral
1995	2008	Raymond Vaysettes
2008	2014	Claudine Bru
2014	2020	Gilles Bounhol

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 865 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Evolution of the Population (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
1,247	722	1,029	1,314	1,480	1,677	1,661	1,589	1,559

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
1,587	1,572	1,567	1,543	1,538	1,533	1,516	1,437	1,580

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
1,630	1,609	1,659	1,444	1,526	1,525	1,466	1,415	1,394

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
1,282	1,234	1,093	1,082	925	880	-	865	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

• A Feudal Château Sainte-Famille (a former convent).
• The Château of Saint-Louis (now the Town Hall).
• The Château of Montfranc (Arvieu, private property).
• A Pond, Mill, and Lavoir (Public laundry) at Arvieu.

Religious heritage

• The Church of Notre-Dame d'Aures (12th centuries) is registered as an historical monument.^[6] The church contains a Statue of Saint Foy (15th century) which is registered as an historical object.^[7]

• The Parish Church of Saint-Amans at Arvieu had a Painting: The Assumption of the Virgin (disappeared) (1850) which is registered as an historical object.^[8]

• The Church of Saint-Saturnin or Saint-Sernin at Caplongue.
• The Church of Saint-Martin at Faux.
• The Chapel of Saint-André at Clauzelles.

Notable people linked to the commune

• Jean Dupin, (1936-), former senior Post Office official, wrote seven novels set in Lévézou, originally from Arvieu village.^[9]
• Joël Serin, former secretary in the Town Hall.
• Henri Grimal, born in Arvieu in 1910, academic and historian.

See also

• Communes of the Aveyron department

Bibliography

• Christian-Pierre Bedel, preface by Bernard Destours, Cassanhas: Arviu, Auriac, Caumont, La Grand'Vila, Saumièg, Senta-Jaleda or Christian-Pierre Bedel e los estatjants del canton de Cassanhas, Rodez, Mission départementale de la culture, 1996, Al canton collection, 240 pages, ill., couv. ill., 28 cm, ISBN 2-907279-30-0, ISSN 1151-8375, BnF 366930046 (French)/(Occitan)

External links

• Arvieu official website (French)
• Arvieu tourism website (French)
• Arvieu on the National Geographic Institute website (French)
• Arvieu on Lion1906
• Arvieu on Google Maps
• Arvieu on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Arvieu on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Arvieu on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Notes and references

Notes

1. ↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force in 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

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