Viviers (Ardèche)

Viviers
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ardèche
Arrondissement	Privas
Canton	Bourg-Saint-Andéol
Community association	Rhône aux Gorges de l'Ardèche
Coordinates	44 ° 29 ′ N , 4 ° 41 ′ E Coordinates: 44 ° 29 ′ N , 4 ° 41 ′ E
height	55-400 m
surface	34.15 km 2
Residents	3,730 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	109 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	07220
INSEE code	07346
	; town hall

Viviers is a French municipality with 3730 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ardèche in the Region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Privas and the canton of Bourg-Saint-Andéol .

history

Viviers is a medieval town on the right bank of the Rhone , south of Montélimar . The town is the capital of Vivarais and has been an important religious center as the seat of the Viviers diocese since the 5th century, with privileges granted to it in the 9th century by the kings Charles the Bald († 877) and Lothar († 986).

The bishop, who, alongside the Archbishop of Lyon, was the actual lord of Vivarais, fought for the country's independence until the annexation of Lyon by Philip IV in the 14th century. The south of the Vivarais with Viviers itself now recognized the sovereignty of the French king. In the 15th century, the bishops adopted the title of Count of Viviers , Prince of Donzère and Châteauneuf-du-Rhône .

Population development

1962: 3336
1968: 3389
1975: 3194
1982: 3282
1990: 3407
1999: 3413
2005: 3768
2016: 3720

Attractions

Roman bridge with eleven arches
Saint Hostian Chapel
The city fortifications
the Carolingian donjon
the Saint-Vincent cathedral
the Renaissance Maison Noël Albert

the bishop's palace from the 18th century

Notre-Dame-du-Rhône, the Dominican chapel Viviers

Personalities

Honoré Flaugergues (1755-1830), amateur astronomer
Joseph Hippolyte Guibert (1802–1886), Bishop of Viviers , Archbishop of Tours and Archbishop of Paris .

Web links

Commons : Viviers - collection of images, videos and audio files