Réquista (Municipality, Aveyron, France)

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Flag of Réquista - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 6 January 2025

• Presentation of Réquista
• Flag of Réquista

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• France
• Aveyron (Department, France)

Presentation of Réquista

Réquista (1,940 inhabitants, 5,932 ha) is a French commune, located in the south of the Aveyron department.

The foundation of Réquista (RIC ESTAR which would mean: "rich place") dates back to the 13th century when Henry II, Count of Rodez, already established at the castle of Cadars, created a Bastide there in 1292 and endowed it with privileges. The English burned it down during the occupation of Rouergue. At the time of the wars of religion, settling his accounts with the Viscount of Panat, Lord of Castelpers and Réquista, the Duke of Joyeuse pillaged the city. A fire that occurred in 1701 deprived us of ancient remains.

Since Réquista is the first sheep canton in Europe, a sheep festival is organized every year on the first Sunday of June. A statue of a sheep and its lamb is also erected in front of the town hall.

Flag of Réquista

The flag is red with the coat of arms: photo (2024), photo (2021).

The arms of Requista are blazoned:
Party: first Or a lion counter-rampant and guardant Gules, second also Or a lion Gules; a chief Sable with four flames Or.
The arms were designed in 1953 by a local historian, Marc-André Fabre, and drawn by the French heraldist Robert Louis.