La Garde-Adhémar
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Drôme | |
| Arrondissement | Nyons | |
| Canton | Le Tricastin | |
| Community association | Drôme Sud Provence | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 24 ' N , 4 ° 45' E | |
| height | 54–232 m | |
| surface | 27.73 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,107 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 40 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 26700 | |
| INSEE code | 26138 | |
| Website | la-garde-adhemar.com | |
 Saint-Michel church |
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La Garde-Adhémar is a French commune with 1,107 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Drome region, in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Nyons and the canton of Le Tricastin .
The village is classified as one of the Plus beaux villages de France ( Most Beautiful Villages in France ).
history
La Garde-Adhémar is located on a rock that dominates the Rhone Valley at Pierrelatte . In the Middle Ages, the place was an important fortress of the Adhémar family. In the 16th century a Renaissance castle was built by Antoine Escalin, Baron de la Garde, ambassador and galley general, which was destroyed except for a tower during the revolution . Pauline de Grignan, Marquise de Simiane, daughter of Françoise de Sévgné, Comtesse de Grignan, and granddaughter of the Marquise de Sévigné lived in this castle .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2016 |
| Residents | 510 | 550 | 880 | 1077 | 1108 | 1075 | 1130 | 1048 |
Attractions
- Church of St-Michel ( Monument historique 1862)
- Notre-Dame du Val des Nymphes priory (Monument historique 1889)
- Chapel of the Pénitents blancs (Monument historique)
- Garden of the presbytery on the cliff below the church, which was designed as a herb garden in 1990.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ La Garde-Adhémar in Les plus Beaux Villages de France (French)