Saint-Pons (Ardèche)
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Ardèche | |
Arrondissement | Largentière | |
Canton | Berg-Helvie | |
Community association | Berg et Coiron | |
Coordinates | 44 ° 36 ′ N , 4 ° 35 ′ E | |
height | 214-683 m | |
surface | 16.50 km 2 | |
Residents | 293 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 18 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 07580 | |
INSEE code | 07287 | |
Panoramic view |
Saint-Pons is a French municipality with 293 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ardèche in the Region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Berg-Helvie and the municipal association Berg et Coiron .
geography
Saint-Pons is located on the southern slope of the Plateau du Coiron , 14 kilometers northwest of Montélimar and 15 kilometers southeast of Aubenas between Saint-Jean-le-Centenier in the west and Sceautres in the northeast. The Escoutay flows through the municipality. The hamlet of La Rochechérie is part of Saint-Pons.
history
In 1060 Saint-Pons was first mentioned as Sanctus Pontii . Pons (Ponce, Pontius) was a martyr who lived in the 3rd century and proselytized in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department . In the Middle Ages , Saint-Pons belonged to the Barony of Alba-la-Romaine , which was named after the Barons Aps . The barons of Aps shared control of the place with the abbots of Pébrac . A roughly square fortification wall was drawn around the place, with a gate on each side and a tower on each of the northern corners. Remnants of the towers have been preserved.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
Residents | 186 | 184 | 175 | 170 | 181 | 203 | 249 | 293 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
The chapel de Roche chérie in the hamlet of La Rochechérie was built on the slope of a volcanic rock ( neck ). It is in poor condition and is being restored.
economy
Important branches of business in Saint-Pons are the timber industry , arable farming , the breeding of domestic cattle , domestic sheep , poultry and honeybees . The service sector (including trade and transport) also plays a role.
Web links
- Saint-Pons on e-Ardèche (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernest Nègre: Toponymie générale de la France . tape 1 . Librairie Droz, 1990, ISBN 978-2-600-02884-4 , pp. 1634 ( in Google Books [accessed January 4, 2010]). (French)
- ↑ Saint Ponce (Pons, Pontius) on nominis.cef.fr (French). Retrieved January 4, 2010
- ^ Société de Sauvegarde des Monuments anciens de l'Ardèche (French) Retrieved January 4, 2010
- ↑ Saint-Pons - Dossier complet on insee.fr (French), accessed on March 19, 2015, cf. Section Chiffres clés caractéristiques des entreprises et des établissements .