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Riez
Sign in to saveRiez (; Provençal Occitan: Riés; sometimes Riez-la-Romaine) is a hilly commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It is located northwest of the Lac de Sainte-Croix, stemming from the Verdon, on the road to Valensole, at the confluence of the Auvestre and Colostre.
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Place details
- Locality
- Riez
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,787
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Riez
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Riez 02.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Roman Temple of Apollo ruins
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Riez.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Forcalquier
- French commune.canton
- Riez
- French commune.INSEE
- 04166
- French commune.postal code
- 04500
- French commune.mayor
- Christophe Bianchi
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération
- French commune.elevation m
- 520
- French commune.elevation min m
- 473
- French commune.elevation max m
- 680
- French commune.area km2
- 40
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Official website
Bienvenue à Riez | Mairie de Riez
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Riez
- Population
- 1610
- Area
- 40
- Elevation
- 608
- Official website
- www.ville-riez.fr
- Image
- Les colonnes.jpg
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- Riez
- postal code
- 04500
- male population
- 853
- female population
- 1003
- P8168
- Western Iranian
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-92-77-99-00
- fax number
- +33-4-92-77-99-07
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Riez (; Provençal Occitan: Riés; sometimes Riez-la-Romaine) is a hilly commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It is located northwest of the Lac de Sainte-Croix, stemming from the Verdon, on the road to Valensole, at the confluence of the Auvestre and Colostre.
==Geography== The densely built village sits where two small rivers join—the Auvestre and the Colostre—in a glacially widened valley.
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