Lanas
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ardèche | |
| Arrondissement | Largentière | |
| Canton | Aubenas-2 | |
| Community association | Gorges de l'Ardèche | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 32 ' N , 4 ° 24' E | |
| height | 127-318 m | |
| surface | 9.85 km 2 | |
| Residents | 430 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 44 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 07200 | |
| INSEE code | 07131 | |
| Website | www.lanas.fr | |
 Lanas on the banks of the Ardèche |
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Lanas is a French municipality with 430 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ardèche in the Region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Aubenas-2 and since 2017 to the municipal association Gorges de l'Ardèche .
geography
Lanas is located on the middle reaches of the Ardèche between the neighboring communities of Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche in the south and Vogüé in the north, 10 kilometers south of Aubenas and 10 kilometers northeast of Ruoms . Here the karst river Auzon flows from the left into the Ardèche. The canton capital of Villeneuve-de-Berg is 12 kilometers to the northeast.
history
The place name corresponds to the patois expression for sheep's wool , because weaving used to be one of the main livelihoods of the Lanassiens . Not only was sheep's wool woven, many houses were used for silk construction .
The castle of Lana was first documented in 1154, when Guillaume I, the Bishop of Viviers , the monastery Saint-André-le-Haut in Vienne the chapel gave Saint-Eustache. The village was built around the castle in two stages. The first ring around the castle was also the origin of the village and was built in the 12th or 13th century. The second ring with fortifications was built in 1420 during the Hundred Years War (1337-1453). The castle was later destroyed. From 1247 to 1423 the village belonged to the Seigneurie of Chazeaux . After that it belonged to the Seigneurs of Balazuc until the French Revolution .
Lanas received the status of a municipality in 1846, before that it was part of Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche. When it was founded, the community had 607 inhabitants.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Residents | 201 | 217 | 196 | 211 | 273 | 325 | 377 | 407 |
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Personalities
The writer Henri Charrière (1906–1973) was buried in the Lanas cemetery.
economy
Important occupations of today's Lanassiens (residents) are fruit growing , viticulture and the breeding of domestic sheep .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ L'histoire de Lanas on lanas.webou.net ( Memento of the original from February 13, 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. in French.
- ^ Lanas on cassini.ehess.fr (French). Retrieved January 20, 2010.
- ↑ Lanas en chiffres Lanas on lanas.webou.net ( Memento of the original from February 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French).
