Saint-Remèze

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Saint-Remèze
Saint-Remèze coat of arms
Saint-Remèze (France)
Saint-Remèze
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Ardèche
Arrondissement Largentière
Canton Vallon-Pont-d'Arc
Community association Gorges de l'Ardèche
Coordinates 44 ° 24 '  N , 4 ° 30'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 24 '  N , 4 ° 30'  E
height 40-663 m
surface 42.69 km 2
Residents 871 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 20 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 07700
INSEE code
Website www.saint-remeze.com

View from the south

Saint-Remèze is a French commune with 871 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ardèche department . The municipality is located on a high plateau between the towns of Bourg-Saint-Andéol on the banks of the Rhone and Vallon-Pont-d'Arc on the Ardèche .

geography

The municipality of Saint-Remèze on the Les Gras plateau above the Ardeche Gorge between the town of Bourg-Saint-Andéol on the Rhone, 15 kilometers to the west and the municipality of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc on the Ardeche, ten kilometers to the east, is located in Bas Vivarais in the southeast of the department. Saint-Remèze is part of the Côtes du Vivarais wine-growing region .

The Dolmen du Chanet is located near the Ardèche , opposite the Grotte du Parapluie, southwest of Saint-Remèze.

Population development

Number of inhabitants
(source: INSEE)
year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 2017
Residents 429 449 436 474 454 554 845 871

Abbé Dubois

The Catholic missionary and Indologist Jean Antoine Dubois (1766–1848) comes from Saint-Remèze . The family still runs a winery in the village to this day.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Remèze  - Collection of images, videos and audio files