Aubignas

Aubignas
Limestone replica of a Roman milestone CIL 17-02, 183 at Le Teil
Coat of arms
Aubignas
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region  Aubignas
Coordinates: 44°35′21″N 4°38′04″E / 44.5892°N 4.6344°E / 44.5892; 4.6344Coordinates: 44°35′21″N 4°38′04″E / 44.5892°N 4.6344°E / 44.5892; 4.6344
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ardèche
Arrondissement	Privas
Canton	Viviers
Intercommunality	Rhône Helvie
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Christian Bosquet
Area1	15.42 km2 (5.95 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	418
• Density	27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	07020 / 07400
Elevation	160–664 m (525–2,178 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Aubignas is a French commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aubignassiens or Aubignassiennes.^[1]

Geography

Aubignas is located some 10 km west by north-west of Montelimar, 6 km north-west of Le Teil and 16 km south of Privas.^[2] Access to the commune is by Route nationale N102 from Le Teil in the south-east which passes through the south of the commune forming part of the southern border and continues west to Saint-Jean-le-Centenier. Access to the village in the centre of the commune is by the Champagnet road which goes north from the N102. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Pignatelle in the south The commune is forested in the north with farmland in the south.^[3]

The Frayol rises in the north of the commune and flows south-east gathering many tributaries and continuing to join the Rhone at Le Teil. The Ruisseau des Avents forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows south to join the Frayol as it leaves the commune. The Ruisseau de l'Eguille rises in the north-west of the commune and flows south to join the Escoutay at Alba-la-Romaine.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[3]

	Sceautres	Saint-Martin-sur-Lavezon	Meysse
	Saint-Pons		Rochemaure
		Aubignas
	Alba-la-Romaine		Le Teil

Heraldry

Blazon: Party per pale, at 1 Azure, a bend of Or enhanced to sinister filled in with 3 ordinaries of Gules in pale; at 2 Argent, a standard wavy of Azure on a pole of Sable surmounting 5 ermine spots of Sable set 3 and 2.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 418 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Distribution of Age Groups

The population of the town is relatively old. The ratio of persons above the age of 60 years (22%) is higher than the national average (21.6%) but lower than the departmental average (26.8%). As for national and departmental allocations, the male population of the town is less than the female population (49% against 48.4% nationally and 48.2% at the departmental level).

Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Aubignas and Ardèche Department in 2010

Sources:

• Evolution and Structure of the population of the Commune in 2010, INSEE.
• Evolution and Structure of the population of the Department in 2010, INSEE.

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has many houses and farmhouses that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Town Hall and School (1888).^[48] The town hall contains an item that is registered as a historical object:
  • A Relief: Christ on the Cross (15th century)^[49]

Religious heritage

The commune has a church and some structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Wayside Cross at Liotard (19th century)^[50]
• An Oratory Chapelette^[51]
• The Church of the Assumption(11th century)^[52]
• A 'Cemetery Cross (19th century)^[53]
• A 'Monumental Cross (19th century)^[54]

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

• A Statue: Saint Regis (19th century)^[55]
• A Statue: Saint Diacre (19th century)^[56]
• A Statue: Saint Joseph (19th century)^[57]
• A Statue: Virgin and Child (19th century)^[58]
• The Marie Françoise Léon Bell (1946)^[59]
• A Statue: Saint Joseph (18th century)^[60]
• A Statue: Saint François Régis (18th century)^[61]
• A Statue: Saint Vincent (18th century)^[62]
• A Statue: Virgin and Child (18th century)^[63]
• A Monumental Cross: Christ on the Cross (19th century)^[64]

Notable people linked to the commune

Placide Astier

• Placide Astier was born in the commune on 23 February 1856 and died in Paris on 6 March |1918. He was a scientist and French politician.

See also

• Communes of the Ardèche department

Notes and references

Notes

1. ↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aubignas.

• Aubignas on Google Maps
• Aubignas on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Aubignas on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Aubignas on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Communes of the Ardèche department
Accons Ailhon Aizac Ajoux Alba-la-Romaine Albon-d'Ardèche Alboussière Alissas Andance Annonay Antraigues-sur-Volane Arcens Ardoix Arlebosc Arras-sur-Rhône Asperjoc Les Assions Astet Aubenas Aubignas Baix Balazuc Banne Barnas Le Béage Beauchastel Beaulieu Beaumont Beauvène Berrias-et-Casteljau Berzème Bessas Bidon Boffres Bogy Borée Borne Boucieu-le-Roi Boulieu-lès-Annonay Bourg-Saint-Andéol Bozas Brossainc Burzet Cellier-du-Luc Chalencon Le Chambon Chambonas Champagne Champis Chandolas Chanéac Charmes-sur-Rhône Charnas Chassiers Châteaubourg Châteauneuf-de-Vernoux Chauzon Chazeaux Cheminas Le Cheylard Chirols Chomérac Colombier-le-Cardinal Colombier-le-Jeune Colombier-le-Vieux Cornas Coucouron Coux Le Crestet Creysseilles Cros-de-Géorand Cruas Darbres Davézieux Désaignes Devesset Dompnac Dornas Dunière-sur-Eyrieux Eclassan Empurany Étables Fabras Faugères Félines Flaviac Fons Freyssenet Genestelle Gilhac-et-Bruzac Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze Gluiras Glun Gourdon Gras Gravières Grospierres Guilherand-Granges Intres Issamoulenc Issanlas Issarlès Jaujac Jaunac Joannas Joyeuse Juvinas Labastide-de-Virac Labastide-sur-Bésorgues Labatie-d'Andaure Labeaume Labégude Lablachère Laboule Le Lac-d'Issarlès Lachamp-Raphaël Lachapelle-Graillouse Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas Lachapelle-sous-Chanéac Lafarre Lagorce Lalevade-d'Ardèche Lalouvesc Lamastre Lanarce Lanas Largentière Larnas Laurac-en-Vivarais Laval-d'Aurelle Laveyrune Lavillatte Lavilledieu Laviolle Lemps Lentillères Lespéron Limony Loubaresse Lussas Lyas Malarce-sur-la-Thines Malbosc Marcols-les-Eaux Mariac Mars Mauves Mayres Mazan-l'Abbaye Mercuer Meyras Meysse Mézilhac Mirabel Monestier Montpezat-sous-Bauzon Montréal Montselgues Nonières Nozières Les Ollières-sur-Eyrieux Orgnac-l'Aven Ozon Pailharès Payzac Peaugres Péreyres Peyraud Le Plagnal Planzolles Plats Pont-de-Labeaume Pourchères Le Pouzin Prades Pradons Pranles Préaux Privas Prunet Quintenas Ribes Rochecolombe Rochemaure Rochepaule Rocher Rochessauve La Rochette Rocles Roiffieux Rompon Rosières Le Roux Ruoms Sablières Sagnes-et-Goudoulet Saint-Agrève Saint-Alban-Auriolles Saint-Alban-d'Ay Saint-Alban-en-Montagne Saint-Andéol-de-Berg Saint-Andéol-de-Fourchades Saint-Andéol-de-Vals Saint-André-de-Cruzières Saint-André-en-Vivarais Saint-André-Lachamp Saint-Apollinaire-de-Rias Saint-Barthélemy-Grozon Saint-Barthélemy-le-Meil Saint-Barthélemy-le-Plain Saint-Basile Saint-Bauzile Saint-Christol Saint-Cierge-la-Serre Saint-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard Saint-Cirgues-de-Prades Saint-Cirgues-en-Montagne Saint-Clair Saint-Clément Saint-Cyr Saint-Désirat Saint-Didier-sous-Aubenas Sainte-Eulalie Sainte-Marguerite-Lafigère Saint-Étienne-de-Boulogne Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès Saint-Étienne-de-Serre Saint-Étienne-de-Valoux Saint-Félicien Saint-Fortunat-sur-Eyrieux Saint-Genest-de-Beauzon Saint-Genest-Lachamp Saint-Georges-les-Bains Saint-Germain Saint-Gineis-en-Coiron Saint-Jacques-d'Atticieux Saint-Jean-Chambre Saint-Jean-de-Muzols Saint-Jean-le-Centenier Saint-Jean-Roure Saint-Jeure-d'Andaure Saint-Jeure-d'Ay Saint-Joseph-des-Bancs Saint-Julien-Boutières Saint-Julien-du-Gua Saint-Julien-du-Serre Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban Saint-Julien-Labrousse Saint-Julien-le-Roux Saint-Julien-Vocance Saint-Just Saint-Lager-Bressac Saint-Laurent-du-Pape Saint-Laurent-les-Bains Saint-Laurent-sous-Coiron Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche Saint-Marcel-lès-Annonay Saint-Martial Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche Saint-Martin-de-Valamas Saint-Martin-sur-Lavezon Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche Saint-Maurice-d'Ibie Saint-Maurice-en-Chalencon Saint-Mélany Saint-Michel-d'Aurance Saint-Michel-de-Boulogne Saint-Michel-de-Chabrillanoux Saint-Montan Saint-Paul-le-Jeune Saint-Péray Saint-Pierre-de-Colombier Saint-Pierre-la-Roche Saint-Pierre-Saint-Jean Saint-Pierre-sur-Doux Saint-Pierreville Saint-Pons Saint-Priest Saint-Privat Saint-Prix Saint-Remèze Saint-Romain-d'Ay Saint-Romain-de-Lerps Saint-Sauveur-de-Cruzières Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut Saint-Sernin Saint-Sylvestre Saint-Symphorien-de-Mahun Saint-Symphorien-sous-Chomérac Saint-Thomé Saint-Victor Saint-Vincent-de-Barrès Saint-Vincent-de-Durfort Salavas Les Salelles Sampzon Sanilhac Sarras Satillieu Savas Sceautres Sécheras Serrières Silhac La Souche Soyons Talencieux Tauriers Le Teil Thorrenc Thueyts Toulaud Tournon-sur-Rhône Ucel Usclades-et-Rieutord Uzer Vagnas Valgorge Vallon-Pont-d'Arc Vals-les-Bains Valvignères Vanosc Les Vans Vaudevant Vernon Vernosc-lès-Annonay Vernoux-en-Vivarais Vesseaux Veyras Villeneuve-de-Berg Villevocance Vinezac Vinzieux Vion Viviers Vocance Vogüé La Voulte-sur-Rhône