Chambonas

This article is about the village in France. For other uses, see Chambonas (disambiguation).

Chambonas (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃bɔnas]^[3]) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Chambonas
Commune
A general view of Chambonas
Coat of arms
Location of Chambonas
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Coordinates: 44°25′05″N 4°07′46″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ardèche
Arrondissement	Largentière
Canton	Les Cévennes ardéchoises
Intercommunality	Pays des Vans en Cévennes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bérengère Bastide[1]
Area 1	12.08 km2 (4.66 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	964
• Density	80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	07050 /07140
Elevation	121–409 m (397–1,342 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The commune is traversed by the river Chassezac.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,202 —     1800 718 −7.10% 1806 1,091 +7.22% 1821 1,055 −0.22% 1831 1,286 +2.00% 1836 1,322 +0.55% 1841 1,327 +0.08% 1846 1,350 +0.34% 1851 1,204 −2.26% 1856 1,249 +0.74% 1861 1,152 −1.60% 1866 1,127 −0.44% 1872 1,099 −0.42% 1876 1,071 −0.64% 1881 1,012 −1.13% 1886 981 −0.62% 1891 1,000 +0.38% 1896 892 −2.26%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 922 +0.66% 1906 866 −1.25% 1911 861 −0.12% 1921 748 −1.40% 1926 767 +0.50% 1931 749 −0.47% 1936 649 −2.83% 1946 660 +0.17% 1954 595 −1.29% 1962 605 +0.21% 1968 605 +0.00% 1975 566 −0.95% 1982 520 −1.20% 1990 552 +0.75% 1999 555 +0.06% 2007 600 +0.98% 2012 652 +1.68% 2017 905 +6.78%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Ardèche department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. "Série d'été : Les trésors historiques de Chambonas". LCI (in French). Retrieved 6 September 2020.
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Chambonas, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE