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Rieux-Volvestre 

Coordinates: 43°15′30″N 1°11′53″E / 43.2583, 1.19805

Commune of Rieux

Former Rieux Cathedral
Location
Rieux, Haute-Garonne (France)
Rieux, Haute-Garonne
Administration
Country France
Region Midi-Pyrénées
Department Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement Muret
Canton Rieux
Intercommunality Volvestre
Mayor Adolphe Ruquet
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 195–343
(avg. 236)
Land area¹ 32.38 km²
Population²
(2005)		 2,240
 - Density 69/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 31455/ 31310
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Rieux is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

History

Rieux Cathedral, which is located here, was the seat of the Ancien Régime diocese of Rieux, created in 1317 and dissolved in 1790.

In 1560, Rieux was the site of the trial of Arnaud du Tilh, in the Martin Guerre case of imposture.

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