Tauriers
Tauriers | |
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 The church and surrounding buildings in Tauriers | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Tauriers | |
Location within France Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Coordinates: 44°33′09″N 4°16′53″E / 44.5525°N 4.2814°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ardèche |
| Arrondissement | Largentière |
| Canton | Vallon-Pont-d'Arc |
| Intercommunality | Val de Ligne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Liliane Kolacny |
Area 1 | 4.51 km2 (1.74 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 205 m (673 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 503 m (1,650 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 219 m (719 ft) |
| Population (2023) | 203 |
| • Density | 45.0/km2 (117/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 07318 /07110 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Tauriers (French pronunciation: [toʁje]; Occitan: Taur) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.
History
- 1790: Tauriers was detached from Chassiers.
- 1 December 1974 : Tauriers attached to Largentière.
- 1 January 1989 : Tauriers was re-established as an independent commune.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 90 | — |
| 1975 | 111 | +3.04% |
| 1982 | 147 | +4.09% |
| 1990 | 156 | +0.75% |
| 1999 | 166 | +0.69% |
| 2007 | 177 | +0.81% |
| 2012 | 179 | +0.22% |
| 2017 | 192 | +1.41% |
| 2023 | 203 | +0.93% |
| Source: INSEE | ||
Its inhabitants are called Taurierois (male) and Taurieroises (female) in French.
People linked to the commune
- Michel Sima (1912–1987), Polish sculptor, photographer and ceramicist best known for his photographic portraits of Picasso and of almost all the artists of the School of Paris, lived and died in Tauriers.
- Werner Reinisch (1930), painter, engraver.
- Françoise Dasque (1960), actress. Walked between 2010 and 2012 from Tauriers to China and Japan.
- Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Duke of Albufera, (1770–1826), Marshal of the Empire, Pair de France, French soldier during Revolution and the Empire.
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Commune de Tauriers (07318), INSEE
- ↑ Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0278, 28 November 1974, p. 11900.
- ↑ Arrêté du 22 décembre 1988 portant modification aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (création de commune), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0021, 25 January 1989, p. 1108.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ↑ Jean-Louis Andral, Pierre Daix, Picasso : la Joie de Vivre (1946–1949), Skira, 2007 p.232 to p.271
- ↑ Erika Billeter, Michel Sima (Ateliers d'artiste), Gand, éditions Snoeck, 2008 p.201 to p.203 (in French)
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