| Réquista | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Réquista (Aveyron).svg |
| Image Coat Of Arms Size: | 100px |
| Coordinates: | 44.0333°N 2.5361°W |
| Insee: | 12197 |
| Arrondissement: | Millau |
| Canton: | Monts du Réquistanais |
| Intercommunality: | Réquistanais |
| Mayor: | Michel Causse[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Area Km2: | 59.32 |
| Postal Code: | 12170 |
| Elevation M: | 580 |
| Elevation Min M: | 207 |
| Elevation Max M: | 670 |
Réquista (in French pronounced as /ʁekista/; Occitan (post 1500);: Requistar, primarily Ric Estar) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.
In Occitan, the commune is called Requistar. The name comes from the term ric estar which means "rich place".
| Term | Name | Label | Quality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881 | 1892 | Emile Carcenac | General Councilor (1886-1892) | ||
| 1892 | 1901 | Xavier Audouard | |||
| 1901 | 1904 | Ernest Audouard | |||
| 1904 | 1906 | Joseph Cluzel | |||
| 1906 | 1907 | Baptiste Canac | |||
| 1907 | 1929 | Joseph Cluzel | |||
| 1929 | 1935 | Pierre Ferral | Doctor | ||
| 1935 | 1936 | Jules Maurs | |||
| 1936 | 1941 | Elie Saussol | |||
| 1941 | 1944 | Pierre Ferral | |||
| 1944 | 1953 | Elie Saussol | |||
| 1953 | 1971 | Albert Fournier | General Councilor (1945-1970) | ||
| 1971 | 1977 | Gabriel Fastré | |||
| 1977 | 1989 | Gaston Pialat | |||
| 1989 | 1995 | Marcel Souchon | |||
| 1995 | 2000 | Dominique Azam | General Councilor (1986-2001) | ||
| 2000 | 2001 | Lucien Bonnevialle | |||
| 2001 | 2014 | Eric Bula[2] | |||
| 2014 | Present | Michel Causse |
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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. Every Monday morning (or Tuesday morning if Monday happens to be a holiday), the sheep market attracts breeders from the region as well as many buyers from neighboring departments. It begins at 9:00am with gray lambs, continues with lamb exports at 9:30am, cull ewes at 10:00am and lambs at 10:30am. The introduction of this market in 1992 necessitated the construction of a area big enough to fit an annual volume of 120,000 people (4,400m²). Quotations are recorded weekly and serve as reference to the national plan.[3]
Nadalet de Réquista is a song in Occitan written by Paul Bonnefous in 1864. It is sung every year at the Mass on 24 December by the choir of the church of Réquista.
The name of the region/commune of Réquista is pronounced Request in English, which is also an acceptable and well recognized name of the region/commune.