Vagnas
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ardèche | |
| Arrondissement | Largentière | |
| Canton | Vallon-Pont-d'Arc | |
| Community association | Gorges de l'Ardèche | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 21 ′ N , 4 ° 22 ′ E | |
| height | 151-550 m | |
| surface | 23.83 km 2 | |
| Residents | 544 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 23 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 07150 | |
| INSEE code | 07328 | |
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Vagnas is a French municipality with 544 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ardèche in the Region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc and the municipal association Gorges de l'Ardèche .
geography
Vagnas is located in the southwest of the Rhône-Alpes region, about 8 kilometers southwest of the Ardèche river , 26 kilometers southwest of Pierrelatte and 7 kilometers southwest of the canton capital Vallon-Pont-d'Arc , between the neighboring communities Labastide-de-Virac in the northwest and Barjac in the Southeast. Barjac is already in Languedoc-Roussillon . The hamlet of La Trouillère belongs to the municipality.
history
Vagnas was first mentioned in a document around the year 1100. At the time of Louis XIII. (1601–1643) the city wall was razed. In 1793 Vagnas received the status of a municipality in the course of the French Revolution and in 1801 the right to local self-government.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 323 | 298 | 332 | 412 | 383 | 430 | 520 | 544 |
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Attractions
At the D579 there is a miliarium (Roman milestone) from the 2nd century, on which a Christian cross was grafted in 1717 . It belongs to the municipality and was entered in the supplementary directory of Monuments historiques in 1974 . The miliarium bears an inscription that is illegible. It stood on a Roman road that led along the right bank of the Rhone from Valence ( Valentia ) to Nîmes ( Nemausus ) and Alba-la-Romaine ( Alba Helviorum ). This Roman road is called Voie d'Antonin or Voie Helviens (Way of Antoninus, Way of the Helvetii) in French . It partly corresponds to the D579.
In 1941 archaeological excavations were carried out on the parcel of Le Monastier , during which a medieval necropolis was discovered. Further excavations in 1979 uncovered the remains of a Romanesque church that belonged to a priory that in turn belonged to the monastery of Saint-Victor in Cruas . The foundations of a small Carolingian building were found below the ruins of the church . An inscription says that the priory was founded by a Viscount Maubert. The age of the tablet is controversial, it could be from the 10th, 11th or 12th century. Near the ruins is a wash house ( lavoir ) that was restored a few years ago.
In the Urbain-Thévenon Museum finds from the excavations are shown, including clay vessels from the necropolis and the baptismal font from the priory.
Web links
- Vagnas.fr in French
- Vagnas-ardeche.com (official site) in French
- Vagnas on patrimoine-ardeche.com (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vagnas on annuaire-mairie.fr (French) Retrieved on January 26 of 2010.
- ↑ Vagnas Histoire de Vagnas on vagnas-ardeche.com (French).
- ↑ Vagnas on Cassini.ehess.fr (French) Retrieved on January 27 of 2010.
- ↑ Vagnas in the Base Mérimée (French) Retrieved on January 26 of 2010.