Rivel

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Rivel
Commune
The town hall in Rivel
Coat of arms
Location of Rivel
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Coordinates: 42°56′43″N 2°00′04″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Limoux
Canton	La Haute-Vallée de l'Aude
Intercommunality	Pyrénées audoises
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jerome Artigues
Area 1	24.3 km2 (9.4 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	219
• Density	9.01/km2 (23.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	11316 /11230
Elevation	381–1,090 m (1,250–3,576 ft) (avg. 400 m or 1,300 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rivel (French pronunciation: [ʁivɛl] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Rivèlh) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Heraldry

Arms of Rivel

Tierced in reversed pairle: 1st azure with the bell tower of the church of the place [church of Sainte-Cécile], or, pierced of the field and campaned sable, 2nd argent with a fir tree cut vert and trunked tenné, 3rd gules with a wavy silver bend lowered, surmounted by a cross clechée, voided and pommée of twelve pieces or. Coat of arms on the commune's Facebook page, 2025. Authors: JF Binon

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	365	—
1975	312	−2.22%
1982	270	−2.04%
1990	233	−1.83%
1999	211	−1.10%
2007	220	+0.52%
2012	217	−0.27%
2017	199	−1.72%
2023	219	+1.61%
Source: INSEE

See also

• Communes of the Aude department