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Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche
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Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche is located in France
Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche
Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche
Location in France
Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche
Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche
Location in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Ardèche
Arrondissement Privas
Canton Villeneuve-de-Berg
Area
1
5.19 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population
 (1999)
241
 • Density 46.44/km2 (120.3/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
07272 /07200
Elevation 121–300 m (397–984 ft)
(avg. 168 m or 551 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche is a commune in the Ardèche département in southern France.

History

Saint-Maurice was built around a Benedictine convent in the 11th century. The commune changed its name many times. Before the French Revolution the name was Saint-Maurice-Terlin (contraction of Terre à lin - Land of Flax) because the inhabitants grew flax. The village then became Saint Maurice Torsinet in 1793. Eight years later, in 1801, the name was changed again, first to Saint-Maurice-en-Lanas then Saint-Maurice-et-Lanas. In 1846 it was simply Saint-Maurice. The current name, Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche appeared between 1846 and 1861. It is because the commune is close to the river Ardèche.

Geography

The village is between the communes of Aubenas and Ruoms. It is close to the river Ardèche. There are many vineyards there.

Demography

Change in population
(Source : INSEE)
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
163 170 167 206 214 241 300
From the year 1968 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

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