Lamastre

Lamastre
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ardèche
Arrondissement	Tournon-sur-Rhône
Canton	Skin vivarais
Community association	Pays de Lamastre
Coordinates	44 ° 59 ′ N , 4 ° 35 ′ E Coordinates: 44 ° 59 ′ N , 4 ° 35 ′ E
height	342-860 m
surface	25.45 km 2
Residents	2,318 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	91 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	07270
INSEE code	07129
Website	www.lamastre.fr
	; Rue Olivier de Serres

Lamastre , Occitan La Mastra , is a French municipality with 2318 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ardèche in the Region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône .

geography

Lamastre is located in the eastern foothills of the Massif Central , in the Doux valley and on its slopes. The community is 2545 hectares , the lowest point is 342 meters, the highest is 833 meters.

history

Lamastre was created in 1790 by merging the municipalities of Macheville, La Mastre and Retourtour.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2016
Residents	3228	3247	3058	3007	2717	2467	2520	2340
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

traffic

Steam train arriving at the station

The place has a train station on the Tournon – Le Cheylard line , which has been closed and dismantled in the section from Lamastre to Le Cheylard . Coming from Tournon, the Train de l'Ardèche museum train uses the tracks.

Lamastre is off the main axes that run through the Rhone valley, about 30 kilometers away . The nearest railway station is located in Valence , there and in Tain-l'Hermitage there are connection points of the motorway A7 . In about 40 minutes by car of the TGV -Bahnhof Gare de Valence-Rhône-Alpes-Sud TGV reached.

Main artery is the secondary road D533 from Valence to Saint-Agrève . The D524 comes from Tournon, the D236 leads in the direction of Annonay , the D578 to Le Cheylard.