Venterol (Drôme)

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Venterol
Venterol (France)
Venterol
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Drôme
Arrondissement Nyons
Canton Nyons et Baronnies
Community association Baronnies en Drôme Provençale
Coordinates 44 ° 23 '  N , 5 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 23 '  N , 5 ° 6'  E
height 298-1,165 m
surface 31.69 km 2
Residents 699 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 22 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 26110
INSEE code
Website www.venterol.net

Venterol

Venterol is a municipality with 699 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the south of France in the department of Drôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes .

The vineyards of the place are in the wine-growing area of the southern Rhône valley . The wines may be marketed under the designation of origin Côtes du Rhône and the qualitatively stricter Côtes du Rhône Villages .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 409 429 488 567 587 630 631 705
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • medieval townscape with fortified houses
  • Chapel of Sainte-Perpétuee
  • Ratier Castle
  • Notre-Dame church with wrought iron bell tower
  • Saint-Mickel church in the Novezan district
  • Protestant church, built in 1787, renovated in 2014, today an exhibition site

Web links

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