arrondissements
An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands.
Europe
France
The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements' ...
of the
Ardèche
Ardèche (; oc, Ardecha; frp, Ardecha) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It is named after the river Ardèche and had a population of 328,278 as of 2019.department are:
# Arrondissement of Largentière, (
subprefecture
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Albania
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Largentière
Largentière ( ; ''L'Argentièira'' in Occitan) is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southern France.
It is located in the narrow valley of the Ligne, approximately ten kilometres s ...
) with 151
communes
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prefecture
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of the Ardèche department:
Privas
Privas (; oc, Privàs , also ) is a city located in France, in the department of Ardèche.
With its 8,465 inhabitants (2019), it is the least populated prefecture (capital of a department).
It was the location of the 1629 Siege of Privas ...
Tournon-sur-Rhône
Tournon-sur-Rhône (; oc, Tornon) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France. It is one of the most populous commune in the Ardèche department, after Annonay, Aubenas, and Guilherand-Granges.
Geography
It is located on the ri ...
) with 118 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 138,760 in 2016.
History
In 1800 the arrondissements of Privas, Largentière, Tournon were established.Historique de l'Ardèche /ref> All of them have never been disbanded. In 2007 the four cantons of Antraigues-sur-Volane, Aubenas, Vals-les-Bains and Villeneuve-de-Berg from the arrondissement of Privas were assigned to the arrondissement of Largentière.
The borders of the arrondissements of Ardèche were again modified in January 2017:
* two communes from the arrondissement of Privas to the arrondissement of Largentière
* five communes from the arrondissement of Privas to the arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône
* three communes from the arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône to the arrondissement of Largentière
* eight communes from the arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône to the arrondissement of Privas
References
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