Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Albon-d'Ardèche (French pronunciation: [albɔ̃ daʁdɛʃ] ; Occitan : Aubon d'Ardecha ) is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France .
Geography
Albon-d'Ardèche is located some 25 km west of Livron-sur-Drome and about 30 km east of Langogne . The commune is traversed by the D102 coming east from Mézilhac through the village and continuing east to Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut . The D211 also traverses the commune in the south running east from the D122 to Saint-Pierreville . Grand Feouzet in the south of the commune is accessed from this road via country roads. There is a considerable amount of forest in the commune and a little farming.[ 3]
The Glueyre west of the village
The Glueyre river passes through the commune from west to east fed by a number of streams in the commune. The river passes through the village and continues east to join the Eyrieux river at Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut.[ 3]
Localities, villages and areas
Féouzet (and Grand Féouzet)
Serrepuy
La Neuve
Crouzet
Ribier
La Sauzée
Pouchet
Rouvier
Le Priouret
La Pra
Rémus
Le Fay
La Grangette
La Combe
Le Pendey
Tauzuc
Neighbouring communes and towns
Places adjacent to Albon-d'Ardèche
[ 3]
History
The Communes of Albon d'Ardèche and Marcols-les-Eaux formed the village of Marcol until 1912.
Administration
General View of the village
List of Successive Mayors of Albon d'Ardèche [ 4]
From
To
Name
1912
1919
Auguste Giraud
1919
1923
Elie Seauve
1923
1929
Marcel Magnan
1929
1945
Gaston Bonnet
1945
1953
Elie Berthaud
1953
1958
Gaston Bonnet
1958
1975
Albert Brotte
1975
1983
Fernand Flandrin
1983
1989
Louis Lextrait
1989
1995
Jean Louis Chirouze
1995
1997
Pierre Dumas
1997
2000
René Blache
2000
2001
Gisèle Nury
2001
2010
Michel Filippi
2010
2020
Frédéric Picard
2020
Current
Alain Baconnier
Population
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Albonnais or Albonnaises in French.[ 5]
Historical population Year 1968 276 — 1975 232 −2.45% 1982 180 −3.56% 1990 173 −0.49% 1999 165 −0.52% 2007 159 −0.46% 2012 159 +0.00% 2017 159 +0.00% Source: INSEE[ 6]
Distribution of Age Groups
The population of the town is older than the departmental average.
Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Albon-d'Ardèche and Ardèche Department in 2017
Albon-d'Ardèche
Ardèche
Age Range
Men
Women
Men
Women
0 to 14 Years
12.2
10.1
17.7
16.1
15 to 29 Years
14.4
11.6
14.4
13.0
30 to 44 Years
15.6
13.0
17.3
16.9
45 to 59 Years
25.6
33.3
21.6
20.7
60 to 74 Years
21.1
8.7
19.7
19.7
75 to 89 Years
8.9
21.7
8.5
11.2
90 Years+
2.2
1.4
0.9
2.4
Source: INSEE [ 6] [ 7]
Gallery
The east of the village
The Municipal Cemetery
The Temple in the village
The Garnier Quarter
The Périchon Quarter
An old house in the village
A General View of the village
The summit of Serre de Champ Maux
The Graveyre ancient volcano
The old Barry Mill
The bridge at Albon d'Ardèche
View of Grand Féouzet from the south
The oven of Féouzet
The old grinding mill at La Neuve
See also
References
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