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Country | France | ||
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | ||
Prefecture | Privas | ||
Subprefectures | Largentière Tournon-sur-Rhône | ||
Government | |||
• President | Laurent Ughetto[1] (PS) | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 5,528.6 km2 (2,134.6 sq mi) | ||
Population (2014)[3] | |||
• Total | 322,381 | ||
• Density | 58.3115/km2 (151.0261/sq mi) | ||
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Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | ||
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Department number | 07 | ||
Arrondissements | 3 | ||
Cantons | 17 | ||
Communes | 339 | ||
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
Ardèche (Occitan: ArdechaLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Category handler/data' not found.) is a département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-central France. It is named after the Ardèche river.
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History
The department of Ardèche was created on 4 March 1790 with seven districts: Annonay, Aubenas, L'Argentière, Privas, Tournon, Vernoux and Villeneuve-de-Berg. The capital was Privas alternating with Annonay, Aubenas, Le Bourg(-Saint-Andéol) and Tournon. In August of that year, the number of districts was reduced to three: Mézenc, Aubenas and Tanargue. In September, Privas became the only capital of the department.[4]
In 1800, with the creation of the arrondissements in France, the three districts were changed into three arrondissements: Privas, L'Argentière and Tournon.[4]
On 18 March 1988, Tournon changed its name to Tournon-sur-Rhône.[4]
Geography
The Ardèche is part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has an area of 5,528.6 km2 (2,135 sq mi).[2]
The department is surrounded by 7 departments in 3 regions:
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
- Loire (north)
- Isère (northeast)
- Drôme (east)
- Haute-Loire (west)
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region
- Vaucluse (southeast)
- Occitanie region
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Haute-Loire | Loire | Isère | ![]() |
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Drôme | ||
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Lozère | Gard | Vaucluse |
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The main rivers in Ardèche are:
- Loire, that flows through the western part of the department and ends in the Atlantic Ocean.
- Rhône, that makes the eastern border of the department and ends in the Mediterranean Sea.
- Ardèche, a tributary of the Rhône.
The Allier river forms the border of the Lozère department and the Ardèche for about 20 km (12 mi).
Climate
The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Privas is an "Oceanic climate" (also known as Maritime Temperate climate) and of the subtype Cfb.[6] The southern part of the department has a Mediterranean climate of the subtype Csb.
Administration
Ardèche is managed by the Departmental Council of Ardèche in Privas. The department is part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Administrative divisions
There are 3 arrondissements (districts), 17 cantons and 339 communes (municipalities) in Ardèche.[7]
INSEE code |
Arrondissement | Capital | Population[8] (2014) |
Area[9] (km²) |
Density (Inh./km²) |
Communes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
071 | Largentière | Largentière | 98,821 | 2,511.3 | 39.4 | 153 |
072 | Privas | Privas | 87,774 | 1,159.4 | 75.7 | 66 |
073 | Tournon-sur-Rhône | Tournon-sur-Rhône | 135,786 | 1,858.0 | 73.1 | 120 |
The following is a list of the 17 cantons of the Ardèche department (with their INSEE codes), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:[10]
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- Annonay-1 (0701)
- Annonay-2 (0702)
- Aubenas-1 (0703)
- Aubenas-2 (0704)
- Bourg-Saint-Andéol (0705)
- Le Cheylard (0706)
- Guilherand-Granges (0707)
- Lamastre (0708)
- Le Pouzin (0709)
- Privas (0710)
- Sarras (0711)
- Le Teil (0712)
- Thueyts (0713)
- Tournon-sur-Rhône (0714)
- Vallon-Pont-d'Arc (0715)
- Les Vans (0716)
- La Voulte-sur-Rhône (0717)
Demographics
The inhabitants of Ardèche are known, in French, as Ardéchois (women: Ardéchoises).[11]
Ardèche had a population, in 2014, of 322,381,[3] for a population density of 58.3 inhabitants/km2. The arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône, with 135,786 inhabitants, is the arrondissement with more inhabitants.[8]
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The communes in the department with more than 7,000 inhabitants are:[8]
City | Population (2014)[8] |
Arrondissement |
---|---|---|
Annonay | 16,302 | Tournon-sur-Rhône |
Aubenas | 11,917 | Largentière |
Guilherand-Granges | 10,841 | Tournon-sur-Rhône |
Tournon-sur-Rhône | 10,558 | Tournon-sur-Rhône |
Le Teil | 8,376 | Privas |
Privas | 8,313 | Privas |
Saint-Péray | 7,494 | Tournon-sur-Rhône |
Bourg-Saint-Andéol | 7,236 | Tournon-sur-Rhône |
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Related pages
- Cantons of the Ardèche department
- Arrondissements of the Ardèche department
- Communes of the Ardèche department
References
- ↑ "Le Président". Ardèche, le Département. http://www.ardeche.fr/170-le-president.htm.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Département de l’Ardèche (07)" (in fr). Comparateur de territoire. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/comparateur.asp?codgeo=DEP-07.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Populations légales 2014 des départements et des collectivités d'outre-mer" (in fr). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. http://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2525762?sommaire=2525768.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Historique de l'Ardèche" (in fr). Le SPLAF. http://splaf.free.fr/07his.html.
- ↑ "Mont Mézenc, France". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=9715.
- ↑ "Ville de Privas" (in fr). Annuaire des Mairies et Villes de France. http://www.annuaire-mairie.fr/ville-privas.html.
- ↑ "Département de l’Ardèche (07)" (in fr). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/departement/DEP07-ardeche.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (in fr) (PDF). Populations légales 2014. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. http://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2525755/dep07.pdf.
- ↑ "Département de l’Allier (03) et Arrondissements" (in fr). Comparateur de territoire. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. http://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=DEP-07+ARR-071+ARR-072+ARR-073.
- ↑ "Décret n° 2014-148 du 13 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Ardèche" (in fr). Légifrance.gouv.fr. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028621829.
- ↑ "Habitants du départment: Ardèche (07)" (in fr). habitants.fr. http://www.habitants.fr/ardeche-07.
Other websites
- Departmental Council website (in French)
- Prefecture website (in French)