Bouvante
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Drôme | |
| Arrondissement | The | |
| Canton | Vercors-Monts du Matin | |
| Community association | Royans-Vercors | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 58 ′ N , 5 ° 16 ′ E | |
| height | 311–1,701 m | |
| surface | 83.88 km 2 | |
| Residents | 226 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 3 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 26190 | |
| INSEE code | 26059 | |
| Website | www.bouvante.fr | |
Bouvante is a French municipality with 226 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Drôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the arrondissement of Valence in the canton of Vercors-Monts du Matin (until 2015: canton of Saint-Jean-en-Royans ). The inhabitants are called bouvantiens .
geography
Bouvante is about 45 kilometers southeast of Grenoble . The municipality belongs to the Vercors Regional Nature Park . The Font-d'Urle / Chaud Clapier winter sports area is located here . Bouvante is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Martin-le-Colonel and Saint-Jean-en-Royans in the north, Saint-Laurent-en-Royans in the northeast, La Chapelle-en-Vercors in the east and northeast, Vassieux-en-Vercors in the east and south-east, Saint-Julien-en-Quint in the south and south-east, Omblèze in the south and south-west, Léoncel in the west and Oriol-en-Royans in the north-west.
| year | 1911 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 463 | 285 | 250 | 222 | 219 | 220 | 223 | 237 | 238 |
Attractions
- Ruins of the Charterhouse Le Val-Sainte-Marie
- Church tSaint-Sébastien in Bouvante-le-Bas
- Saint-Pierre church in Bouvante-le-Haut
meteorite
In 1978 a stone meteorite weighing 8.3 kilograms was found near Bouvante-le-Haut . It was classified as an achondrite of the eukrite type.
