Andance

Andance
Commune
View of Andance from Andancette, across the Rhone River and the Marc Seguin Bridge
View of Andance from Andancette, across the Rhone River and the Marc Seguin Bridge
Location of Andance
Map
Andance is located in France
Andance
Andance
Andance is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Andance
Andance
Coordinates: 45°14′29″N 4°48′00″E / 45.2414°N 4.8°E / 45.2414; 4.8
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentArdèche
ArrondissementTournon-sur-Rhône
CantonSarras
IntercommunalityPorte de DrômArdèche
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Christelle Reynaud[1]
Area
1
6.52 km2 (2.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,197
 • Density180/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
07009 /07340
Elevation121–363 m (397–1,191 ft)
(avg. 128 m or 420 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Andance (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dɑ̃s]; Occitan: Andança) is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France.

Geography

Andance is located 5 km south of Saint-Rambert-d'Albon, 15 km east of Annonay, and 20 km north of Tournon-sur-Rhone. It can be accessed by the D86 road from Champagne in the north passing through the village then continuing south through the commune to Sarras. The D86B passes from the village over the Rhone to Andancette on the east bank. The D82 road also comes from Saint-Etienne-de-Valoux in the north-east to the village. There are also the small D370 road from Talencieux in the west to the village via a tortuous route and the D370B also from Talencieux to the south of the commune.

The commune has the Rhône as its entire eastern border with the Ruisseau de L'Ecoutay, the Ruisseau du Creux, the Ruisseau de Cueil, and numerous other streams flowing through the commune to the Rhone. The Conce river forms the southern border of the commune and also flows into the Rhone.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors[4]

From To Name Party
2001 2008 Pierre Biennier
2008 2014 Irène Fourel
2014 2020 Alain Delaleuf DVG
2020 Current Christelle Reynaud

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Andançois or Andançoises in French.[5]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 926—    
1975 1,030+1.53%
1982 920−1.60%
1990 1,009+1.16%
1999 984−0.28%
2007 1,119+1.62%
2012 1,150+0.55%
2017 1,185+0.60%
Source: INSEE[6]

Distribution of Age Groups

The population of the commune is significantly younger than the departmental average.

Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Andance and Ardèche Department in 2017

Andance Ardèche
Age Range Men Women Men Women
0 to 14 Years 20.8 16.8 17.7 16.1
15 to 29 Years 17.4 19.3 14.4 13.0
30 to 44 Years 20.6 18.9 17.3 16.9
45 to 59 Years 20.5 21.1 21.6 20.7
60 to 74 Years 14.7 13.6 19.7 19.7
75 to 89 Years 5.5 9.3 8.5 11.2
90 Years+ 0.5 1.0 0.9 2.4

Source: INSEE[6][7]

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

  • The Sarrazinière Roman Ruins (Antiquity) at Châtelet are registered as an historical monument[8]
  • Andance bridge was built in 1827 with iron wires and a central pier. The Andance bridge is the oldest suspension bridge still used today in France. It was built by Marc Seguin the brilliant inventor from Annonay. Largely destroyed during the Second World War on 30 August 1944, it was rebuilt and reopened in 1946 then underwent further changes

Religious heritage

  • The Church of Our Lady of Andance (12th century) is registered as an historical monument[9]
  • A Calvary of Three Saints.

The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

  • A Painting: Saint Philomena Martyred (19th century)[10]
  • A Painting: Saint Romain (1835)[11]
  • A Painting: Pope Pius IX remitting indulgences to the Andance Priest for the Saint-Barrel Chapel (19th century)[12]
  • A Painting: Crusaders bringing relics to the chapel (19th century)[13]
  • An Altar Cross (19th century)[14]
  • A Processional Cross (19th century)[15]
  • 2 Prints with frames: Stations of the Cross (19th century)[16]
  • A Reliquary (19th century)[17]
  • A Statue: Saint Barulas (19th century)[18]
  • A Statue: Black Madonna (19th century)[19]
  • A Passion Cross: Cross of Bargemen[20]

Andance in the arts

Andance is mentioned in the poem by Louis Aragon, The conscript of a hundred villages, written as an act of clandestine intellectual resistance in 1943 during the Second World War.[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b Google Maps
  4. ^ List of Mayors of France
  5. ^ Le nom des habitants du 07 - Ardèche, habitants.fr
  6. ^ a b Évolution et structure de la population en 2017: Commune d'Andance (07009)
  7. ^ Évolution et structure de la population en 2017: Département de l'Ardèche (07)
  8. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00116624 Sarrazinière Roman Ruins (in French)
  9. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00116623 Church of Our Lady of Andance (in French)
  10. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07001155 Painting: Saint Philomena Martyred (in French)
  11. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07001154 Painting: Saint Romain (in French)
  12. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07001153 Painting: Pope Pius IX remitting indulgences to the Andance Priest for the Saint-Barrel Chapel (in French)
  13. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07001152 Painting: Crusaders bringing relics to the chapel (in French)
  14. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07001151 Altar Cross (in French)
  15. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07001150 Processional Cross (in French)
  16. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07001149 2 Prints with frames: Stations of the Cross (in French)
  17. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07001148 Reliquary (in French)
  18. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07001147 Statue: Saint Barulas (in French)
  19. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07001146 Statue: Black Madonna (in French)
  20. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07000458 Passion Cross: Cross of Bargemen (in French)
  21. ^ Louis Aragon, Le Conscrit des cent villages, published initially in La Diane française, consulted in Pierre Seghers, The Resistance and its poets: France, 1940-1945, Paris, Seghers, 2004 (2nd edition), ISBN 2-232-12242-5, p. 373-375 (in French)
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