Réquista

Réquista
Town hall
Coat of arms
Réquista
Location within Occitanie region  Réquista
Coordinates: 44°02′00″N 2°32′10″E / 44.0333°N 2.5361°ECoordinates: 44°02′00″N 2°32′10″E / 44.0333°N 2.5361°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Rodez
Canton	Réquista
Intercommunality	Réquistanais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Eric Bula
Area^1	59.32 km^2 (22.90 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	2,065
• Density	35/km^2 (90/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	12197 / 12170
Elevation	207–670 m (679–2,198 ft) (avg. 580 m or 1,900 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.

Réquista (Occitan: Requistar, primarily Ric Estar) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,734	—
1800	2,546	−6.9%
1806	3,663	+43.9%
1821	3,709	+1.3%
1831	3,547	−4.4%
1836	4,025	+13.5%
1841	4,185	+4.0%
1846	3,874	−7.4%
1851	4,380	+13.1%
1856	4,354	−0.6%
1861	4,207	−3.4%
1866	4,017	−4.5%
1872	4,330	+7.8%
1876	3,751	−13.4%
1881	3,387	−9.7%
1886	3,347	−1.2%
1891	3,334	−0.4%
1896	2,821	−15.4%
1901	2,776	−1.6%
1906	2,884	+3.9%
1911	2,655	−7.9%
1921	2,606	−1.8%
1926	2,562	−1.7%
1931	2,500	−2.4%
1936	2,587	+3.5%
1946	2,604	+0.7%
1954	2,583	−0.8%
1962	2,405	−6.9%
1968	2,482	+3.2%
1975	2,625	+5.8%
1982	2,512	−4.3%
1990	2,243	−10.7%
1999	2,060	−8.2%
2008	2,065	+0.2%

In other languages

the french region - commune- of Réquista in english is pronounced Request which is also an acceptable and well recognized name of the region - commune -

• Communes of the Aveyron department

References

• INSEE