Les Assions

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

Les Assions
Commune
View of the village at the foot of Puech
Location of Les Assions
Les Assions
Les Assions
Coordinates: 44°25′20″N 4°10′28″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentArdèche
ArrondissementLargentière
CantonCévennes Ardéchoises
IntercommunalityCC Pays Vans Cévennes
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Pascal Redon
Area
1
14.88 km2 (5.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
740
 • Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
07017 /07140
Elevation122–329 m (400–1,079 ft)
(avg. 200 m or 660 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 Assionais or Assionaises.[2]

Geography
The Saint-Arnault Grotto

Les Assions is located some 35 km south-west of Aubenas and 5 km north-east of Les Vans. Access to the commune is by the D104A road from Lablachère in the north passing through the heart of the commune just east of the village and continuing south to join the D295 near Vompdes. The D452 branches off the D104A in the commune and goes east by a circuitous route to the Village de Vacances Francaises de Casteljau. The D104 from Lablachère to Saint-Paul-le-Jeune forms the eastern border of the commune. Access to the village is by a country road (Le Village) branching north from the D104A in the south of the commune. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Le Bosc in the west, Le Bourel and La Ribeyrie to the north-east and Champetier-Haut in the north. The commune east of the Salindres river is mostly wasteland and forest while the west side is mostly forest with farmland and residential areas.[3]

The Chassezac river forms the southern border of the commune as it flows east to join the Ardeche at Saint-Alban-Auriolles. The Riviere de Salindres flows south through the commune to join the Chassezac and several other tributaries rise in the commune and flow into the Chassezac.[3]

The vegetation includes predominantly oak trees, olive trees and chestnut trees.

Neighbouring communes and villages[3]

Administration
The War Memorial

List of Successive Mayors[4]

FromToNamePartyPosition
1848Boize[5]
1995Jean Duny
19952014Michel Moutet
20142020Pascal Redon

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 740 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,178—    
1800 979−2.61%
1806 1,036+0.95%
1821 1,042+0.04%
1831 1,177+1.23%
1836 1,274+1.60%
1841 1,357+1.27%
1846 1,471+1.63%
1851 1,464−0.10%
1856 1,424−0.55%
1861 1,250−2.57%
1866 1,205−0.73%
1872 1,240+0.48%
1876 1,194−0.94%
1881 1,007−3.35%
1886 976−0.62%
1891 972−0.08%
1896 931−0.86%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 882−1.08%
1906 848−0.78%
1911 779−1.68%
1921 664−1.58%
1926 612−1.62%
1931 593−0.63%
1936 570−0.79%
1946 700+2.08%
1954 444−5.53%
1962 495+1.37%
1968 456−1.36%
1975 402−1.78%
1982 440+1.30%
1990 448+0.23%
1999 529+1.86%
2007 614+1.88%
2012 675+1.91%
2017 740+1.86%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

Distribution of Age Groups

The population of the town is relatively old.

Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Les Assions and Ardèche Department in 2017

Les AssionsArdèche
Age RangeMenWomenMenWomen
0 to 14 Years14.917.017.716.1
15 to 29 Years9.28.914.413.0
30 to 44 Years18.217.317.316.9
45 to 59 Years18.417.321.620.7
60 to 74 Years28.227.219.719.7
75 to 89 Years11.110.98.511.2
90 Years+0.01.50.92.4

Source: INSEE[8][9]

Sites and monuments
  • The abandoned village of Cornilhon
  • The Clochans on the Plateau des Gras
  • The Chapel of Sainte-Apollonie from the 19th century on top of the Puech
  • The Church of Saint-Apollinaire, rebuilt in the 17th and 19th centuries on the ruins of a Roman church

The Church of Saint-Apollinaire contains three items that are registered as historical objects:

  • Statue: Saint Apollinaire (19th century)[10]
  • 2 Processional Crosses (19th century)[11]
  • A Bronze Bell (1670)[12]
Gallery
  • Cornhilon - the abandoned village
  • Clochan on the Plateau des Gras
  • Clochan on the Plateau des Gras
  • The Chapel of Sainte-Apollonie on the Puech
  • The Church of Saint-Apollinaire
  • The Plateau des Gras
  • A path on the Plateau des Gras

See also

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 (in French)
  5. Éric Darrieux, The welcome of the Second Republic to a village in Ardèche, in Rives nord-méditerranéennes, Paysans et pouvoirs local, le temps des révolutions, Online on 22 July 2005, consulted on 16 May 2013
  6. Données Cassini, EHESS
  7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  8. Évolution et structure de la population en 2017: Commune des Assions (07017)
  9. Évolution et structure de la population en 2017: Département de l'Ardèche (07)
  10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07000483 Statue: Saint Apollinaire (in French)
  11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07000482 2 Processional Crosses (in French)
  12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07000031 Bronze Bell (in French)
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