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Andance
View of Andance from Andancette, across the Rhone River and the Marc Seguin Bridge
View of Andance from Andancette, across the Rhone River and the Marc Seguin Bridge
Location of Andance
Map
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentArdèche
ArrondissementTournon-sur-Rhône
CantonSerrières
IntercommunalityRhône-Valloire
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Alain Delaleuf
Area
1
6.52 km2 (2.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2009)
1,126
 • Density170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
07009 /07340
Elevation121–363 m (397–1,191 ft)
(avg. 128 m or 420 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Andance (Andança in Occitan) is a French commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Andançois or Andançoises[1]

Geography

Andance is located 5 km south of Saint-Rambert-d'Albon, 15 km east of Annonay, and 20 km north of Tournon-sur-Rhone. It can be accessed by the D86 road from Champagne in the north passing through the village then continuing south through the commune to Sarras. The D86B passes from the village over the Rhone to Andancette on the east bank. The D82 road also comes from Saint-Etienne-de-Valoux in the north-east to the village. There are also the small D370 road from Talencieux in the west to the village via a tortuous route and the D370B also from Talencieux to the south of the commune.

The commune has the Rhone as its entire eastern border with the Ruisseau de L'Ecoutay, the Ruisseau du Creux, the Ruisseau de Cueil, and numerous other streams flowing through the commune to the Rhone. The Conce river forms the southern border of the commune and also flows into the Rhone.[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages[2]

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors[3]

From To Name Party Position
2001 2008 Pierre Biennier
2008 2014 Irène Fourel
2014 2020 Alain Delaleuf

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 1,126 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1]

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Population of Andance

Distribution of Age Groups

The population of the commune is relatively old. The proportion of persons above the age of 60 years (22.6%) is higher than the national rate (21.8%) while being less than the departmental rate (26.8%). As with the national and departmental distribution, the female population of the commune is higher than the male population. The rate (51%) is of the same order of magnitude as the national rate (51.9%).

The distribution of the population of the commune was, in 2009, 50% of men and 50% of women.

Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Andance and Ardèche Department in 2009

Andance Andance Ardèche Ardèche
Age Range Men Women Men Women
0 to 14 Years 21.3 16.7 18.7 16.9
15 to 29 Years 18.8 18.8 15.4 14.0
30 to 44 Years 21.0 21.8 19.9 18.9
45 to 59 Years 18.7 16.3 21.5 20.6
60 to 74 Years 12.3 14.4 16.1 16.4
75 to 89 Years 7.7 10.5 8.0 11.7
90 Years+ 0.2 1.6 0.4 1.5

Sources:

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

  • The Sarrazinière Roman Ruins (Antiquity) at Châtelet are registered as an historical monument[4]
  • Andance bridge was built in 1827 with iron wires and a central pier. The Andance bridge is the oldest suspension bridge still used today in France. It was built by Marc Seguin the brilliant inventor from Annonay. Largely destroyed during the Second World War on 30 August 1944, it was rebuilt and reopened in 1946 then underwent further changes

Religious heritage

  • The Church of Our Lady of Andance (12th century) is registered as an historical monument[5]
  • A Calvary of Three Saints.

The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

  • A Painting: Saint Philomena Martyred (19th century)[6]
  • A Painting: Saint Romain (1835)[7]
  • A Painting: Pope Pius IX remitting indulgences to the Andance Priest for the Saint-Barrel Chapel (19th century)[8]
  • A Painting: Crusaders bringing relics to the chapel (19th century)[9]
  • An Altar Cross (19th century)[10]
  • A Processional Cross (19th century)[11]
  • 2 Prints with frames: Stations of the Cross (19th century)[12]
  • A Reliquary (19th century)[13]
  • A Statue: Saint Barulas (19th century)[14]
  • A Statue: Black Madonna (19th century)[15]
  • A Passion Cross: Cross of Bargemen[16]

Andance in the arts

Andance is mentioned in the poem by Louis Aragon, The conscript of a hundred villages, written as an act of clandestine intellectual resistance in 1943 during the Second World War.[17]

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 [1], the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

  1. ^ Inhabitants of Ardèche Template:Fr icon
  2. ^ a b Google Maps
  3. ^ List of Mayors of France
  4. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00116624 Sarrazinière Roman Ruins Template:Fr icon
  5. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00116623 Church of Our Lady of Andance Template:Fr icon
  6. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07001155 Painting: Saint Philomena Martyred Template:Fr icon
  7. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07001154 Painting: Saint Romain Template:Fr icon
  8. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07001153 Painting: Pope Pius IX remitting indulgences to the Andance Priest for the Saint-Barrel Chapel Template:Fr icon
  9. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07001152 Painting: Crusaders bringing relics to the chapel Template:Fr icon
  10. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07001151 Altar Cross Template:Fr icon
  11. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07001150 Processional Cross Template:Fr icon
  12. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07001149 2 Prints with frames: Stations of the Cross Template:Fr icon
  13. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07001148 Reliquary Template:Fr icon
  14. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07001147 Statue: Saint Barulas Template:Fr icon
  15. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07001146 Statue: Black Madonna Template:Fr icon
  16. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM07000458 Passion Cross: Cross of Bargemen Template:Fr icon
  17. ^ Louis Aragon, Le Conscrit des cent villages, published initially in La Diane française, consulted in Pierre Seghers, The Resistance and its poets: France, 1940-1945, Paris, Seghers, 2004 (2nd edition), ISBN 2-232-12242-5, p. 373-375 Template:Fr icon
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