Barnas
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.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Barnas  | |
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| Coordinates: 44°40′07″N 4°10′14″E / 44.6686°N 4.1706°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ardèche |
| Arrondissement | Largentière |
| Canton | Haute-Ardèche |
| Intercommunality | Ardèche des Sources et Volcans |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–2026) | Lynda Bouet[1] |
Area 1 | 26.51 km2 (10.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 204 |
| • Density | 7.7/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC 01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 07025 /07330 |
| Elevation | 431–1,494 m (1,414–4,902 ft) (avg. 464 m or 1,522 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Barnas (French pronunciation: [baʁnas]) is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France.[3]
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barnassiens or Barnassiennes.[4]
Geography
[edit]Barnas is located some 20 km west by northwest of Aubenas and 30 km east by southeast of Pradelles. Access to the commune is by Route nationale N102 which passes through the centre of the commune and the village from Mayres in the west and continuing to Thueyts in the east. The commune is mostly forest and moderately mountainous. There is a hotel and petrol station in the commune.[5][6]
The Ardèche river flows through the commune from west to east parallel to the highway. There are a number of tributaries that feed into the river in the commune. On the right bank from west to east these are:
- The Ruisseau d'Abraham
- The Ruisseau des Combes
- The Ruisseau de l'Horesson
- The Ruisseau de Bournazon
- The Ruisseau de Chadenac Ou de Chateau which form the eastern border of the commune.
On the left bank the river is fed by:
- The Ruisseau du Grand VaVat
- The Rieu Jilieux
- The Ruisseau de la Farre
- The Ruisseau du Saut which forms the eastern border north of the river.
Neighbouring communes and villages[5] | |
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History
[edit]Barnas appears as Barnas on the 1750 Cassini Map[7] but does not appear at all on the 1790 version.[8] The commune Barnas was created in 1913 from part of the commune of Thueyts.[9]
Heraldry
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Blazon: Party per bend, at 1 a branch in pale with three apples to dexter 2 and 1; at 2 a mount of two hillocks mounted on a terrace in base charged with Bars gemelle wavy and a fess wavy in chief; over all a bend charged with 6 roundels in bend.
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Administration
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| From | To | Name | Party |
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| 1959 | 2001 | René Vidal | PCF |
| 2001 | 2020 | Joel Laurent | |
| 2020 | 2023 | Jean-Luc Vidal | |
| 2023 | current | Lynda Bouet[1] |
Demography
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Sites and Monuments
[edit]- The Chapdenac Tower
- A 19th century Church
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Church. -
Chapdenac Tower.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Inhabitants of Ardèche (in French)
- ^ a b Barnas on Google Maps
- ^ Barnas on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- ^ Barnas on the 1750 Cassini Map
- ^ Barnas (not shown) on the 1790 Cassini Map
- ^ a b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Barnas, EHESS (in French).
- ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
