Ardèche
department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ardèche (Occitan: Ardecha) is a département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-central France. It is named after the Ardèche river.
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Ardèche | |
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Coordinates: 44°40′N 4°25′E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Prefecture | Privas |
Subprefectures | Largentière Tournon-sur-Rhône |
Government | |
• President | Laurent Ughetto[1] (PS) |
Area | |
• Total | 5,528.6 km2 (2,134.6 sq mi) |
Population (2014)[3] | |
• Total | 322,381 |
• Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Demonym | Ardéchois |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Department number | 07 |
Arrondissements | 3 |
Cantons | 17 |
Communes | 339 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
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For other uses, see Ardèche (disambiguation).