Alboussière

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

Alboussière
Commune
The Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Alboussière
Alboussière
Alboussière
Coordinates: 44°56′42″N 4°43′46″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentArdèche
ArrondissementTournon-sur-Rhône
CantonHaut-Vivarais
IntercommunalityRhône-Crussol
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Philippe Ponton
Area
1
18.39 km2 (7.10 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,004
 • Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
07007 /07440
Elevation234–774 m (768–2,539 ft)
(avg. 548 m or 1,798 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Alboussiérois or Alboussiéroises[2]

Geography

Alboussière is located some 10 km west of Valence and 10 km east of Lamastre. It can be accessed by the winding D533 road from Valence which passes through the village and continues west to Saint-Barthélemy-Grozon. The D14 road from Vernoux-en-Vivarais in the south also passes through the commune to join the D533 just north of the commune. The commune is also covered with a network of small roads. There are nine other hamlets in the commune other than the village. These are: Aubert, Blanc, Les Chatanelles, La Chalaye, Bleizac, Le Mas, Le Vivier, Ponsoye, and Fialaix.[3]

There are numerous streams throughout the commune. The Ruisseau de Jergne forms most of the southern border and the Duzon forms much of the eastern boundary with large numbers of unnamed streams joining them.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Heraldry
Arms of Alboussière
 Blazon:

Party per pale, Azure a ram rampant Argent and barry of six Or and Vert.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[4]

FromToNamePartyPosition
20012014Jacques DubayUDI
2014CurrentPhilippe PontonDVD

(Not all data is known)

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
2006873—    
2007890+1.9%
2008907+1.9%
2009925+2.0%
2010938+1.4%
2011971+3.5%
20121,004+3.4%
20131,038+3.4%
20141,059+2.0%
20151,065+0.6%
20161,035−2.8%

Distribution of Age Groups

The age distribution of the population of the commune is similar to that of the department.

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

AlboussièreArdèche
Age RangeMenWomenMenWomen
0 to 14 Years23.220.217.716.1
15 to 29 Years10.410.014.413.0
30 to 44 Years19.617.517.316.9
45 to 59 Years20.518.521.620.7
60 to 74 Years17.816.019.719.7
75 to 89 Years7.913.38.511.2
90 Years+0.64.30.92.4

Source: INSEE[5][6]

Sites and Monuments
  • The Chateau Crozat was enlarged in the 17th century then transformed by the architect Louis Achille Tracol in the 19th century.
  • The Chapel of St-Didier-de-Crussol
  • The Church of Saint-André-de-Crussol contains a Statue: Saint-Evêque (19th century) which is registered as an historical object.[7]
  • The Artificial lake
  • The Chateau Crozet
  • Modern village church
  • The Artificial lake at Alboussière
  • The Artificial lake at Alboussière

Notable people linked to the commune
  • Edmond Ponsoye, pastor and historian, from a very old family who owned the hamlet of Ponsoye Alboussiere.
  • Gerard Miller, psychoanalyst and member of the Ruquier Band, rented with his brother Stéphane a snack-bar at the edge of the Alboussière lake in the summer of 2011.[8]
  • Louis-Balthazard du Bay was born in the castle on 3 November 1775. He was, among others, Lord of Cros, Baron of Boffre, Mayor of Saint-Péray, and a member of the electoral college of the department of Ardèche.[9]

See also

Notes and references

Notes

    References
    1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
    2. Inhabitants of Ardèche (in French)
    3. Google Maps
    4. List of Mayors of France
    5. Évolution et structure de la population en 2017: Commune d'Alboussière (07007)
    6. Évolution et structure de la population en 2017: Département de l'Ardèche (07)
    7. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07001087 Statue: Saint-Evêque (in French)
    8. Le Dauphine, 30 July 2011 (in French)
    9. Chabeaussière - Courcelles - Saint-Pons - Lanz, Universal Nobility of France: or General Collection of historical genealogies of the noble houses of the kingdom, bureau du Nobiliaire universel de France, 1814, Vol. 2, Read online (in French)
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