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Le département de l'Ardèche ( /aʁ.dɛʃ/ 2) est un département français situé dans la région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Sa préfecture est Privas. Il doit son nom à la rivière Ardèche qui le traverse d'ouest en est et ses habitants s'appellent les Ardéchois (es). Il est composé de 335 communes au 1er janvier 2020.
- Privas
Privas (prononcé [p ʁ i. v a] ; Privàs en occitan...
- Portail:Ardèche
L’Ardèche est un département français situé entre le Rhône...
- Géographie de l'Ardèche
Le département de l'Ardèche se situe dans le sud-est de la...
- Privas
L’Ardèche est un département français situé entre le Rhône (fleuve qui borde tout le côté est du département) et le piémont montagneux et découpé du Massif Central. Il fait partie de la région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes et porte le numéro 07.
Le département de l'Ardèche se situe dans le sud-est de la France. Il est bordé par la Haute-Loire et la Lozère à l'ouest, l'Isère et la Loire au nord, le Gard et le Vaucluse au sud et la Drôme à l'est.
Cette page liste les 335 communes du département français de l'Ardèche au 1 er janvier 2024. Liste des communes . Le tableau suivant donne la liste des communes au 1 er janvier 2024 [1], en précisant leur code Insee, leur code postal ...
NomCode InseeCode PostalArrondissementPrivas (préfecture)0718607000070010716007002072000700307530- History
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Prehistory and ancient history
The area has been inhabited by humans at least since the Upper Paleolithic, as attested by the famous cave paintings at Chauvet Pont d'Arc. The plateau of the Ardèche river has extensive standing stones (mainly dolmens but fewer menhirs), erected thousands of years ago.The river has one of the largest canyons in Europe and the caves that dot the cliffs—which go as high as 300 metres (1,000 feet)—are known for signs of prehistoric inhabitants (arrowheads and flint knives are often found). The...
Medieval history
The area of the Vivarais suffered greatly in the 9th century with raids from Hungarians and Saracen slavers operating from the coast of Provence resulting in an overall depopulationof the region. In the early 10th century, economic recovery saw the building of many Romanesque churches in the region including Ailhon, Mercuer, Saint Julien du Serre, Balazuc, Niègles and Rochecolombe. The medieval county of Viviers or Vivarais at this time was administratively a part of the Kingdom of Burgundy-A...
Early modern history
As a result of the reformation of John Calvin in Geneva, the Vivarais Ardèche was one of the areas which strongly embraced Protestantism partly as a result of the missionary activity of 1534 by Jacques Valery. During the following Wars of Religion (1562–1598), the Ardèche was considered a strategically important location between Protestant Geneva, Lyon and Catholic Languedoc. The region had prospered with the introduction of tobacco growing from America, and the agrarian experiments of Olivie...
The department, corresponding to the ancient province of Vivarais, is part of the current region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and is surrounded by the French departments of Drôme, Vaucluse, Gard, Lozère, Haute-Loire, Loire and Isère. It is a land of great contrasts: at the lowest it is at a mere 40 metres of elevation above sea level at the point at whi...
Departmental Council of Ardèche
Ardèche is divided into three arrondissements. The President of the Departmental Council has been Olivier Amrane of The Republicans(LR) since 2021.
Population development since 1791: The inhabitants of the department are called Ardéchois. As one of the poorer districts in France, emigration from the Ardèche outnumbered immigrants for a long time, although this situation has recently changed. In 1990, Ardèche reached once again the population level it had 50 years earlier. Today, the population...
With its rivers and streams, Ardèche has become a favorite place for canoe and kayak enthusiasts from around the world. The Ardèche contains a part of Cévennes National Park. The area is very well known for sport climbing, with many well-managed limestone and granite crags. Each year the Ardeche hosts one of France's biggest road cycling events, L'...
(in French) Prefecture website(in French) Departmental Council website(in French) Parc Régional des monts d'Ardèche – Ardèche Regional Park(in English) All the Ardeche in video HD online, official tourism website with all places to visit, camp-sites, gîtes, hotels and B&Bs. Archived 9 January 2016 at the Wayback MachineArdèche est un nom de lieu notamment porté par : Ardèche, rivière française, affluent de la rive droite du Rhône ; Ardèche, département français. On retrouve également ce nom dans plusieurs noms de communes ardéchoises : Albon-d'Ardèche, dans le canton de Saint-Pierreville ; Lalevade-d'Ardèche, dans le canton de Thueyts ;
L'Ardèche, département méridional de la France, dans la région Rhône-Alpes, se situe au sud-est du Massif Central. Il est bordé par l' Isère au nord-est, la Loire au nord-ouest, la Haute-Loire à l'ouest, le Gard au sud et la Drôme à l'est.