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Country
  
France

Department
  
Ardèche

Intercommunality
  
Rhône Helvie

Area
  
15.42 km²

Arrondissement
  
Privas

Region
  
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Canton
  
Viviers

Population (2010)
  
418

Local time
  
Wednesday 10:04 AM

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Weather
  
3°C, Wind SE at 3 km/h, 85% Humidity

Aubignas is a French commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France.

Contents

Map of 07400 Aubignas, France

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aubignassiens or Aubignassiennes.

Geography

Aubignas is located some 10 km west by north-west of Montelimar, 6 km north-west of Le Teil and 16 km south of Privas. Access to the commune is by Route nationale N102 from Le Teil in the south-east which passes through the south of the commune forming part of the southern border and continues west to Saint-Jean-le-Centenier. Access to the village in the centre of the commune is by the Champagnet road which goes north from the N102. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Pignatelle in the south The commune is forested in the north with farmland in the south.

The Frayol rises in the north of the commune and flows south-east gathering many tributaries and continuing to join the Rhone at Le Teil. The Ruisseau des Avents forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows south to join the Frayol as it leaves the commune. The Ruisseau de l'Eguille rises in the north-west of the commune and flows south to join the Escoutay at Alba-la-Romaine.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 418 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.

Population Change (See database)

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Distribution of Age Groups

The population of the town is relatively old. The ratio of persons above the age of 60 years (22%) is higher than the national average (21.6%) but lower than the departmental average (26.8%). As for national and departmental allocations, the male population of the town is less than the female population (49% against 48.4% nationally and 48.2% at the departmental level).

Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Aubignas and Ardèche Department in 2010

Sources:

  • Evolution and Structure of the population of the Commune in 2010, INSEE.
  • Evolution and Structure of the population of the Department in 2010, INSEE.

    • Civil heritage

    The commune has many houses and farmhouses that are registered as historical monuments:

  • The Town Hall and School (1888). The town hall contains an item that is registered as a historical object:
  • A Relief: Christ on the Cross (15th century)

    • Religious heritage

    The commune has a church and some structures that are registered as historical monuments:

  • A Wayside Cross at Liotard (19th century)
  • An Oratory Chapelette
  • The Church of the Assumption(11th century)
  • A 'Cemetery Cross (19th century)
  • A 'Monumental Cross (19th century)

    • The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

  • A Statue: Saint Regis (19th century)
  • A Statue: Saint Diacre (19th century)
  • A Statue: Saint Joseph (19th century)
  • A Statue: Virgin and Child (19th century)
  • The Marie Françoise Léon Bell (1946)
  • A Statue: Saint Joseph (18th century)
  • A Statue: Saint François Régis (18th century)
  • A Statue: Saint Vincent (18th century)
  • A Statue: Virgin and Child (18th century)
  • A Monumental Cross: Christ on the Cross (19th century)

    • Notable people linked to the commune

  • Placide Astier was born in the commune on 23 February 1856 and died in Paris on 6 March |1918. He was a scientist and French politician.

    • References

    Aubignas Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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