La Voulte-sur-Rhône
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ardèche | |
| Arrondissement | Privas | |
| Canton | Rhône-Eyrieux | |
| Community association | Privas Center Ardèche | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 48 ' N , 4 ° 47' E | |
| height | 85-405 m | |
| surface | 9.70 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,987 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 514 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 07800 | |
| INSEE code | 07349 | |
| Website | www.lavoultesurrhone.fr | |
 La Voulte-sur-Rhône from the opposite bank of the Rhone seen from |
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La Voulte-sur-Rhône is a French municipality with 4987 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ardèche in the Region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Arrondissement Privas and the canton of Rhône-Eyrieux .
geography
The municipality of La Voulte-sur-Rhône is located in the French Rhone Valley , on the right, western bank of the Rhone . The place is located 19 kilometers south of Valence , 20 kilometers east of Privas and 32 kilometers north of Montélimar .
In the area of La Voulte, the oxbow lakes of the Rhone form the border between the Ardèche and Drôme departments . Therefore, part of the municipality is across the straightened river.
Neighboring municipalities are in the north Beauchastel , in the north-east Étoile-sur-Rhône , in the east Livron-sur-Drôme , in the south-east Loriol-sur-Drôme , in the south Le Pouzin , in the south-west Rompon , in the west Saint-Cierge-la-Serre and in Northwest Saint-Laurent-du-Pape .
history
In the 14th century, the Bermond d'Anduze family began building the castle, which dominates the valley above the town. The building was completed at the end of the 17th century. In August 1944 the castle was partially destroyed by fire.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2017 |
| Residents | 5537 | 5978 | 5892 | 5297 | 5116 | 5168 | 5041 | 4987 |
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traffic
La Voulte has a train station on the Givors-Canal-Grezan railway . This section of the Lyon – Nîmes connection is no longer used for passenger services. South of the village branches off a cross connection to Livron-sur-Drôme on the Paris – Marseille railway line , which crosses the Rhone on a single track on the La Voulte railway bridge , the first French prestressed concrete bridge , built between 1952 and 1955 . Livron train station, about six kilometers away, is the closest passenger station.
The meter-gauge railway line La Voulte-sur-Rhône-Dunières , which led through the Eyrieux valley to Le Cheylard , began at La Voulte station in 1893 . This narrow-gauge railway was closed on November 1, 1968.
The main traffic axis is the Departementsstraße 86 (former Route nationale 86 ), from which the D 86F, leading on a suspension bridge over the Rhone, branches off in the direction of Livron-sur-Drôme. About nine kilometers away there is a motorway junction for the Autoroute A7 ("Autoroute du Soleil") near Loriol-sur-Drôme .
Attractions
- 14th century castle above the old town
- Chapel Chapelle des Princes
- Ornamental fountain Fontaine Giroud
- Ironworks under monument protection with four blast furnaces
- Suspension bridge over the Rhône, built 1889–1891
- first prestressed concrete railway bridge in France
The castle above the old town
Fontaine Giroud
Ironworks
Suspension bridge
Prestressed concrete railway bridge
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Histoire ( Memento of the original from March 24, 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. at lavoulte.com, accessed March 18, 2016
- ↑ Château de la Voulte-sur-Rhône ( Memento of the original of March 7, 2015 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. at tourisme-eyrieuxrhoneveore.fr, accessed on March 18, 2016
- ↑ Jean Arrivetz, Pascal Bejui: Les Chemins de Fer du Vivarais . Presses et Editions Ferroviaires, Grenoble 1986, ISBN 2-905447-04-4 , pp. 49 .
