Arvieu

Commune in Occitanie, France

Commune in Occitania, France

Arvieu

Commune

The Lake of Pareloup

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Coordinates: 44°11′29″N 2°39′43″E﻿ / ﻿44.1914°N 2.6619°E﻿ / 44.1914; 2.6619
Country| France
Region| Occitania
Department| Aveyron
Arrondissement| Millau
Canton| Monts du Réquistanais
Intercommunality| Lévézou Pareloup
Government

• Mayor (2020–2026) | Guy Lacan[1]

Area

| 46.91 km2 (18.11 sq mi)
Population

(2022)[2]

| 765
• Density| 16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Arvieu (French pronunciation: [aʁvjø]; Occitan: Arviu) is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

## Geography

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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.[3]

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.[3]

### Places and hamlets

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* Les Auglanes
* Aurifeuille
* Beauregard
* Bel-Air
* Bellevue
* Le Besset
* Bois de Nouet
* Bois Grand
* Bonneviale
* Le Bose
* La Brauge
* La Calmette
* Caplongue
* Cayras
* Cayras Bas
* Les Cazals
* Clauzelles
* Clauzellou
* Les Combes
* Le Coutal
* La Croix de l'Ouradou
* Dournets
* Dours
* Espinous
* Espinouset
* Fau du Dours
* Les Faux
* Font Bonne
* Fouleties
* Galinieres
* Gilergues
* Ginestous
* Girman Bas
* Girman Haut
* La Graille
* Grelac
* Lalic
* La Lumiere
* Mas Roux
* Le Mas Roussel
* Le Mas Vayssettes
* Montginoux
* Montredon
* Le Mouli
* Le Moulin d'Aigles
* Le Moulin de la Gineste
* N.-D d'Aures
* Pareloup
* Le Pouget
* La Pendarie
* Pierrefiche
* Pauhle Rouby
* La Pendarie
* La Plane
* Le Puech
* Puech d'Anglas
* Puech Cabane
* Le Puech de Clauzelles
* Puech d'Espinous
* Puech de Girman
* Le Puech Granier
* Puech de Grima
* Puech Grimal
* Le Rhan
* Les Rials
* Rochers du Diable
* le Roucan
* Rougeviale
* Routaboul
* Le Rueillou
* Saint-Martin des Faux (partly in Arvieu and partly in Salles-Curan)
* Serieux
* Les Sottes
* Tredos
* Ventajou

[4]

### Neighbouring communes and villages

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Places adjacent to Arvieu

| Comps-la-Grand-Ville | Trémouilles | Canet-de-Salars

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Salmiech |

Arvieu

| Salles-Curan
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Auriac-Lagast | Alrance |

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## History

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* 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.[5]
* The ramparts were destroyed in the 19th century.

### Heraldry

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Arms of Arvieu | Blazon:

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

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## Administration

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List of Successive Mayors[6]

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1941

From | To | Name | Party | Position

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1789 | 1793 | Pierre Lacombe |  |
1793 | 1796 | Jean Blancpauly |  |
1796 | 1797 | Joseph Dufieu |  |
1797 | 1799 | Amans Gaubert |  |
1799 | 1801 | François Robert |  |
1801 | 1816 | Léonard Bonnefous |  |
1816 | 1821 | Pierre Long |  |
1821 | 1826 | Léonard Bonnefous |  |
1826 | 1830 | Pierre Long |  |
1830 | 1843 | Régis Dufieu |  |
1843 | 1848 | Léonard Bonnefous |  |
1848 | 1851 | Hippolyte Bonnefous |  |
1851 | 1854 | Gervais Rigal |  |
1854 | 1865 | Jean Cayron |  |
1865 | 1879 | Hippolyte Bonnefous |  |
1879 | 1892 | Antoine Capron |  |
1892 | 1901 | Hippolyte Bonnefous |  |
1901 | 1904 | Pierre Salbat |  |
1904 | 1913 | Hippolyte Bonnefous |  |
1913 | 1929 | Victor Espinasse |  |
1929 | 1935 | Hervé Canac |  |
1935 | 1941 | Justin Fabie |  |

Mayors from 1941
From | To | Name

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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
2020 | 2026 | Guy Lacan

## Population

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The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arvieunois or Arvieunoises in French.[7]

Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1968 | 1,234| —
1975 | 1,093| −1.72%
1982 | 1,082| −0.14%
1990 | 925| −1.94%
1999 | 880| −0.55%
2007 | 863| −0.24%
2012 | 820| −1.02%
2017 | 783| −0.92%
Source: INSEE[8]

## Culture and heritage

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Chapel of Notre-Dame d'Aures

### Civil heritage

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* 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

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The Statue of Saint Foy

* The Church of Notre-Dame d'Aures (12th centuries) is registered as an historical monument.[9] The church contains a Statue of Saint Foy (15th century) which is registered as an historical object.[10]
* 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.[11]
* 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

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

## See also

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* Communes of the Aveyron department

### Bibliography

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* 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 (in French)/(Occitan)

## References

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1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. ^ a b c Google Maps
4. ^ Géoportail, IGN, consulted on 4 May 2014 (in French)
5. ^ Henri Grimal, The Affair of Arvieu (October 1793), Revue du Rouergue, No. 87, New series, Autumn 2006, pp. 349 to 382. (in French)
6. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
7. ^ Le nom des habitants du 12 - Aveyron, habitants.fr
8. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
9. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA12000030 Church of Notre-Dame d'Aures (in French)
10. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM12000002 Statue: Saint Foy (in French)
11. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM12000212 Painting: Assumption of the Virgin (in French)

## External links

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* Arvieu official website (in French)
* Arvieu tourism website (in French)
* Arvieu on the National Geographic Institute website (in French)
* Arvieu on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
* Arvieu on the 1750 Cassini Map

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arvieu.

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