Asperjoc

Asperjoc
Part of Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc
The entry to Laulagnet
The entry to Laulagnet
Location of Asperjoc
Asperjoc is located in France
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Asperjoc
Asperjoc
Location within France
Asperjoc is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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Asperjoc
Asperjoc
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates: 44°41′09″N 4°21′35″E / 44.6858°N 4.3597°E / 44.6858; 4.3597
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentArdèche
ArrondissementLargentière
CantonAubenas-1
CommuneVallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc
Area
1
8.47 km2 (3.27 sq mi)
Elevation
299 m (981 ft)
Highest elevation
879 m (2,884 ft)
Lowest elevation
278 m (912 ft)
Population
 (2021)
360
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
07600
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Asperjoc (French pronunciation: [aspɛʁʒɔk]; Occitan: Asperjòc) is a former commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc.

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.

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.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors

FromToName
20012008Louis Berthon
20082019Alain Chiraussel

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Asperjocois in French.

A street in Asperjoc
A road in Asperjoc
The entry to Le Nogier
Asperjoc Landscape

Sites and monuments

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
  2. ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 29 October 2018 (in French)
  3. 1 2 3 Google Maps
  4. ↑ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  5. ↑ Le nom des habitants du 07 - Ardèche, habitants.fr
  6. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Asperjoc, EHESS (in French).
  7. ↑ Populations légales 2012, INSEE