Antraigues-sur-Volane
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| local community | Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc | |
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ardèche | |
| Arrondissement | Largentière | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 43 ′ N , 4 ° 21 ′ E | |
| Post Code | 07530 | |
| Former INSEE code | 07011 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | Antraigues | |
 View of the town with the confluence of the Volane and Bise rivers |
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Antraigues-sur-Volane is a village and a former French commune of 543 (as at 1st January 2017) in the department of Ardèche in the Region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Antraigues-sur-Volane and Asperjoc were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Antraigues-sur-Volane.
location
Antraigues lies above the Volane river, surrounded by the mountain ranges of the Monts d'Ardèche at an altitude of approx. 470 m above sea level. d. M. After Aubenas it is approx. 14 km. The climate is temperate; Rain falls throughout the year.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2014 |
| Residents | 1,521 | 1,504 | 1,329 | 583 | 498 | 543 |
The continuous decline in the number of inhabitants since the end of the 19th century is mainly due to the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs. In addition, almost all mountain regions in Europe became significantly depopulated during this period.
economy
Traditionally, the population lived from cattle breeding and a little arable farming on partially terraced fields, which, however, only produced low yields due to the altitude, so that chestnuts often formed the basic supply. Today forestry and tourism play the most important roles in the economic life of the place in the form of the rental of holiday homes ( gîtes ) .
history
For a long time the history of the place was determined by the wealthy Antraigues family , who settled in the municipality and played an important role in the administration of the historic province of Vivarais . This was replaced by a sub-delegation from the Bas Vivarais region and the Viviers diocese .
Attractions
- The townscape of Antraigues with its medieval streets and houses is well worth seeing; the Place de la Résistance forms the center.
- The artist Jean Saussac designed the Ruelle aux cent sculptures , on the walls of which small metal plaques with figurative and abstract forms were attached.
- The medieval castle was enthroned on a basalt rock above the city, but it was destroyed during the French Revolution .
- Not far from it rises the church of Saint-Boudile , built around 1820 in neo-Romanesque style , whose tower was formerly the keep of the Château de Delaunay and from which you can see the municipality and, among other things, the Coup d'Aizac , an extinct volcano.
- The Saint-Roche chapel dates from the mid-19th century.
Personalities
The composer and singer Jean Ferrat (1930-2010) lived in Antraigues; the place inspired him to write the chanson La Montagne .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Decree of the Prefecture No. 07-2018-10-29-003 on the formation of the Commune nouvelle Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc of October 29, 2018
- ↑ Decree of the Prefecture No. 07-2018-11-23-002 on the change in the spelling of the Commune nouvelle Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc of 23 November 2018.
- ↑ Antraigues - Map with altitude information
- ↑ Aubenas / Antraigues - climate tables