Rieux, Morbihan

Rieux

Reoz
Rieux ; Reoz
Commune
	Saint-Melaine Church, in Rieux
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 47°35′55″N 2°06′21″W / 47.5986°N 2.1058°WCoordinates: 47°35′55″N 2°06′21″W / 47.5986°N 2.1058°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Vannes
Canton	Guer
Intercommunality	Redon Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Poulain
Area 1	27.78 km2 (10.73 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	2,855
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56194 /56350
Elevation	0–81 m (0–266 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rieux (French pronunciation: [ʁijø] (listen); Breton: Reoz) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France and bordering on Ille-et-Vilaine and Loire Atlantique.

Geography[]

Rieux is near Redon and its station. The town is bordered by the rivers Oust and the Vilaine. Rieux is between Nantes, Rennes and Vannes and also most beautiful villages of Brittany as Rochefort-en-Terre, La Roche-Bernard, La Gacilly.

Before the building of the dam of Arzal, tides were to go here.

History[]

In the 3rd century, Rieux was lived by Romains, the town had more than 10,000 inhabitants and was called Duretie.

In the Middle Ages, Rieux was affected by the foundation of Redon Abbey in 832.

During the Second World War, Rieux was occupied by German Army who destroyed the bell tower in 1944 causing a fire in the church, it was rebuilt in 1956. The town was liberated in August 1945.