Andance
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ardèche | |
| Arrondissement | Tournon-sur-Rhône | |
| Canton | Sarras | |
| Community association | Porte de DrômArdèche | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 14 ′ N , 4 ° 48 ′ E | |
| height | 121-363 m | |
| surface | 6.52 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,185 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 182 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 07340 | |
| INSEE code | 07009 | |
| Website | www.andance.fr | |
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Andance is a French commune with 1185 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . It is located in the Ardèche department . The inhabitants are called Andançois (es) .
geography
The municipality extends directly on the right (western) bank of the Rhone and borders the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Rambert-d'Albon and Sarras . The next largest city is Annonay , 10 kilometers to the southwest. Together with the village of Andancette on the opposite bank, Andance forms a double village . The river Cance flows into the Rhône on the border with the neighboring municipality of Sarras.
history
Andance was already settled during the Roman Empire and was then, together with the municipality of Andancette in the Drôme department on the left bank of the Rhône , an important traffic point between the Mediterranean and the Alps along the Rhône. As a Phoenician colony, the place is known for its shipping tradition and had a freight port for a long time. The Gallic word ande also refers to a place that can be passed via a ford. The Andance wharf is currently being refurbished to provide a mooring for pleasure boats and to beautify the promenade.
In the 13th century the place belonged to the property of the Count von Thorrenc, in the 15th century four marketplaces were built there, which give Andance the well-known flair of a Phoenician port city.
In World War II, large parts of the city were destroyed but later rebuilt.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 896 | 926 | 1030 | 920 | 1009 | 984 | 1116 | 1177 |
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Economy and tourism
The former inland port of the municipality, which served as an important transshipment point on the Rhône between the Mediterranean and the metropolitan area of Lyon , is now a landing stage for the yachts of wealthy residents who want to leave the river.
Attractions
Andance is known for its historic old town along the Rhône with the flair of a port city. The medieval protective wall dates from the time of the Counts of Albon. A stone cross on the Place du Cloître shows the heads of the saints, in whose honor three crosses have been erected on the Châtelet viewpoint . Above the ridge of the cross, a boat has been engraved, which is led by a star.
The suspension bridge over the Rhône that connects Andance with Andancette is the oldest in France that is still in use. It was constructed in 1827 by the architect Marc Seguin and destroyed on August 30 in a bombing during World War II. The bridge was then rebuilt with an iron sailor's cross, reminiscent of the attempts by numerous men to tame the wild Rhône at the time.
The 13th-century church was built in 1295 by the former abbot of Cluny Bertrand de Colombier and houses a cross in memory of the naval occupation along the Rhône. The Saint-Bosc chapel amidst the vines is dedicated to the martyr Saint-Barral , who died as a professed Christian in Antioch .
An ancient relic is the Roman ruin La Sarrasinière , a monument to the victory of the Romans in the fight against the Gauls and Allobrogians in the first century. The building was badly mutilated during the Arab invasion in the 8th century. Today we know that the ruin is an ancient mausoleum, in which urns of rich Roman soldiers and citizens were kept.
The best view over the municipality is from the 360 meter high Châtelet hill , which was a sanctuary of the Romans as early as the fourth century. It was later converted into an early Christian necropolis . Today no remains of it are visible. Only finds of grave inscriptions and fragments that were discovered in the 19th century confirm the existence of Christian graves in this area. A Way of the Cross now recalls an era in which Christians were persecuted. The three crosses represent the saints Agathon, Orianée and Pompina , who were killed for religious reasons.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Medarus.org: Les 339 communes de l'Ardèche ( Memento from January 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Histoire on andance.fr ( Memento of May 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) in French.