La Souche
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ardèche | |
| Arrondissement | Largentière | |
| Canton | Haute-Ardèche | |
| Community association | Ardèche des Sources et Volcans | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 38 ′ N , 4 ° 12 ′ E | |
| height | 463-1,498 m | |
| surface | 31.52 km 2 | |
| Residents | 370 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 12 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 07380 | |
| INSEE code | 07315 | |
| Website | www.lasouche.fr | |
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La Souche is a French municipality with 370 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ardèche in the Region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the municipality of Ardèche des Sources et Volcans .
geography
La Souche is located 15 kilometers northwest of Aubenas and 4.8 kilometers west of Jaujac in the Lignon valley at the foot of the Tanargue rock massif . It is part of the Monts d'Ardèche Regional Nature Park ( Parc naturel régional des Monts d'Ardèche ). Several hamlets belong to La Souche .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 424 | 385 | 334 | 312 | 288 | 290 | 335 | 368 |
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Culture and sights
The parish of La Souche has been occupied since the 12th century, but was dependent on Jaujac. The original church was built in the mid-14th century when La Souche split from Jaujac. The church was dedicated to Saint New Year's Eve and Saint Salvator of Horta . Since the church was felt to be too small, it was rebuilt in 1504. The current church was built in 1870 and restored from 1968 to 1970. Behind the main altar there is a statue of Christ made of olive wood.
The church in the hamlet of Saint-Louis was built in 1871 and restored in the 20th century. At the beginning of the 19th century, Saint-Louis had two schools and was more populated than it is today.
In the hamlet of Charaix there is still a tower of the Charay Castle ( French Château de Charay ), which was built in the 16th century.
The La Croix-de-Bauzon ski station is located in the municipality .
economy
The image of the community is characterized by pastures, forests, fruit trees and vineyards. Local products are cherries, raspberries, cranberries and chestnuts . An important line of business for the Souchois (residents) is the breeding of domestic sheep and domestic goats . The transhumance on the Tanargue takes place in June.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carte d'identité de la commune on lasouche.fr ( Memento of the original of October 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in French, accessed March 17, 2015.
- ↑ La Souche on annuaire-mairie.fr (French).
- ↑ La Souche on aoc-igp.fr in French, accessed March 17, 2015.
- ↑ Les activités économiques on lasouche.fr ( Memento of the original of October 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French), accessed March 17, 2015.
Web links
- La Souche in the Inforoutes de l'Ardèche (French)
- La Croix-de-Bauzon ski station (French)
- La Souche on the Source de l'Ardèche website (French)