Riez
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | |
| Arrondissement | Forcalquier | |
| Canton | Riez | |
| Community association | Durance-Luberon-Verdon agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 49 ' N , 6 ° 6' E | |
| height | 473-680 m | |
| surface | 40.00 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,856 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 46 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 04500 | |
| INSEE code | 04166 | |
| Website | www.ville-riez.fr | |
Riez ( Occitan Ries ) is a French municipality with 1856 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Forcalquier and the Canton of Riez .
geography
The Saint-Maxime hill dominates three valleys from which the Colostre (which flows into the Verdon at Saint-Martin-de-Brômes ) and Auvestre flow together here. Riez is at the crossroads of two historic roads that connect the Alps (via Digne-les-Bains ) and the Durance valley (via Valensole ) with the upper Var and Aix-en-Provence . The municipality is located in the Verdon Regional Nature Park .
history
The city's name comes from the Reii , a Gallic people who occupied the hill of Saint-Maxime before the arrival of the Romans. They founded a colonia here , the Colonia Julia Augusta Apollinarium Reiorum . Her Gallic name was Alaebaece. The city then became one of the 13 cities of the Narbonensis and an important regional center. From the 5th century until 1790 Riez was a bishopric (see list of the bishops of Riez ). A council took place here in 439 under Hilary of Arles . The bishopric and the convenient location allowed the place to maintain its importance beyond the Middle Ages.
Population development
from 1968 only residents with primary residence
Attractions
See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Riez
- The baptistery (6th century, maybe 5th century), built using stone from ancient buildings, is part of the first (now destroyed) cathedral of the diocese.
- Remains of a Roman temple near the Colostre river, four granite columns in Corinthian style .
- The old town in the typical architecture of Haute Provence from the 15th and 16th centuries. The old town is accessed through the Porte Aiguière or the Porte Saint-Sol (or Sanson) (with remains of the city wall from the 16th century and the Tour de l'Horloge).
- The Saint-Maxime chapel on the Reii hill from the 17th century, but which dates back to the times of the first bishop of Riez.
Parish partnership
In 2007, Riez entered into a partnership with the Italian municipality of Magliano Alfieri in Piedmont .
Personalities
- Gaspard Abeille (1648-1718), playwright
- Scipion Abeille (? –1697), military doctor, medical writer and poet
- Laurent Pierre Bérenger (1749–1822), writer
- Henri Gaspard Charles Bouret (1752–1805), politician and member of parliament
- Jean-Joseph-Maxime Feraud (1810–1897), historian
- Jean Joseph Foucou (1739–1815), sculptor
- Alphonse Rabbe (1784–1829), writer, historian, critic and journalist
literature
- REAutor : Alaebaece . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 1273 f.
- Guy Barruol: Alebaece Reiorum Apollinarium (Riez) Alpes de Haute-Provence, France . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Knaur's cultural guide in color Provence and the Cote d'Azur , Droemer Knaur, Munich 1984, p. 169 f, ISBN 3-426-26117-0