Mercury Veaunes
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Drôme | |
| Arrondissement | Valence | |
| Canton | Tain-l'Hermitage | |
| Community association | Hermitage-Tournonais-Herbasse-Pays de Saint Félicien | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 5 ' N , 4 ° 53' E | |
| height | 110-287 m | |
| surface | 25.01 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,664 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 107 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 26600 | |
| INSEE code | 26179 | |
Mercurol-Veaunes is a French commune with 2,664 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Drôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016 Rhône-Alpes ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Valence and the canton of Tain-l'Hermitage .
geography
Mercurol-Veaunes is located about 16 kilometers north of Valence on the Rhône river . Mercurol-Veaunes is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Chantemerle-les-Blés in the north, Chavannes in the north and north-east, Clérieux in the east, Chanos-Curson in the east and south-east, La Roche-de-Glun in the south and south-west, Tournon-sur-Rhône to the west and south-west, Tain-l'Hermitage to the west and Larnage to the west and north-west.
Autoroute A7 and Route nationale 7 run through the municipality .
history
The old Roman road, Via Agrippa , runs through the municipality .
structure
| District | former INSEE code |
Area (km²) |
Altitude (m) |
Population (2016) |
Density (inh. Per km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercurol (administrative headquarters) | 26179 | 20.82 | 110-287 | 2,284 | 109.7 |
| Veaunes | 26366 | 4.19 | 169-278 | 339 | 80.0 |
Attractions
Mercurole
- Sainte-Anne church from the 16th century
- Saint-Pierre chapel in Marnas, mentioned as early as 1015
- round donjon at the castle ruins
Veaunes
- Veaunes Castle from the 17th / 18th centuries century
Web links
References and comments
- ↑ Population figures retrospectively from January 1, 2016