Asperjoc

Asperjoc
Asperjoc
Commune
	The entry to Laulagnet
	Location of Asperjoc
	Asperjoc Asperjoc
	Coordinates: 44°41′09″N 4°21′35″E / 44.6858°N 4.3597°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ardèche
Arrondissement	Largentière
Canton	Aubenas-1
Intercommunality	Pays d'Aubenas-Vals
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Alain Chiraussel
Area 1	8.47 km2 (3.27 sq mi)
Population (2010)	393
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	07016 /07600
Elevation	278–879 m (912–2,884 ft) ; (avg. 299 m or 981 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Asperjoc is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Asperjocois.^[1]

Geography

Asperjoc is located some 2 km north by north-west of Aubenas and 18 km west by south-west of Privas. Access to the commune is by the D 578 road from Antraigues-sur-Volane in the north which passes down the eastern border of the commune and continues south to Vals-les-Bains. The D 243 branches off the D 578 in the south of the commune and goes north-west through the commune and continues to Labastide-sur-Bésorgues. The commune has no village called Asperjoc but has several hamlets: les Beaumelles, la Brugeyre, le Chastelas, le Fau, Laulagnet, le Pont de Bridou, le Pont de l-Huile, la Praye, le Raccourci, le Rigaudel, Thieure, Tras Chabanne et la Valette inférieure. The commune is rugged and alpine in nature with little or no arable land.^[2]

The Volane river forms the entire eastern border of the commune as it flows south to join the Ardèche south of Vals-les-Bains. The Besorgues flows from the north-west of the commune south-east forming part of the western border of the commune and gathering many tributaries in the commune before joining the Volane at the southern corner.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2008	Louis Berthon
2008	2020	Alain Chiraussel

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 393 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from 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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Distribution of Age Groups

The population of the town is relatively old. The ratio of persons above the age of 60 years (22.3%) is higher than the national average (21.6%) but lower than the departmental average (28.1%). As for national and departmental allocations, the male population of the town is less than the female population (48.8% against 48.4% nationally and 48.2% at the departmental level).

Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Asperjoc and Ardèche Department in 2010

	Asperjoc	Asperjoc	Ardèche	Ardèche
Age Range	Men	Women	Men	Women
0 to 14 Years	19.0	17.6	18.6	16.8
15 to 29 Years	13.8	15.7	15.3	13.9
30 to 44 Years	24.8	17.1	19.4	18.5
45 to 59 Years	20.5	21.9	21.5	20.6
60 to 74 Years	16.2	18.1	16.5	16.8
75 to 89 Years	5.7	9.0	8.1	11.9
90 Years+	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5

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Sites and monuments

Church from the 19th century
La Chaise du Diable waterfall

Notes and references

Notes

^ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, 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

External links

[4] At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, 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.

[1] Inhabitants of Ardèche Template:Fr icon

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[3] List of Mayors of France Template:Fr icon

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