Saint-Julien-Boutières

Saint-Julien-Boutières is a former commune in the Ardèche département in southern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Saint-Julien-d'Intres.^[1]

Saint-Julien-Boutières
Location of Saint-Julien-Boutières
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Coordinates: 44°58′30″N 4°21′10″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ardèche
Arrondissement	Tournon-sur-Rhône
Canton	Saint-Martin-de-Valamas
Government
• Mayor (2001-2008)	Patrice Faure
Area 1	11.12 km2 (4.29 sq mi)
Population  (1999)	215
• Density	19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	07252 /07310
Elevation	574–1,083 m (1,883–3,553 ft) (avg. 682 m or 2,238 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Saint-Julien-Boutières is in the Regional Natural Park of the Monts-d'Ardèche (French: Parc naturel régional des Monts d'Ardèche). This is known as the Country of Chestnut trees (French: Le Pays des Châtaigners).

History

In the Middle Ages, the commune was called Châteauneuf en Boutières. During the French Revolution, it was renamed Bout d'Erieu, then in 1793, Bout-d'Hesrieux.^[2] In 1801, the village was named Saint-Julien-Boutières in memory of a Roman soldier who became a Christian.^[3] He was martyred in Brioude in the Haute-Loire department. The commune of Intres was a hamlet of Saint-Julien-Boutières until 1911.

Hamlets

There are 11 hamlets which are part of the commune of Saint-Julien-Boutières:

• Le Chambonnet-Haut
• Le Chambonnet-Bas
• Sauverzac
• La Grandmaison
• Signeronde
• Fontcouverte
• Le Monteillet
• Tabuant
• Signebernard
• Rimande
• La Grangette

References

1. Arrêté préfectoral Archived 2021-01-17 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
2. "Cassini". Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
3. "Origin of the name". Retrieved 24 July 2010.