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Alba-la-Romaine
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpesvillage
Alba-la-Romaine
Total population
1,513
Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Alba-la-Romaine is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southern France.
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History
It has been assumed that when the city of Alba was founded at the beginning of the Roman Empire it was the successor, as often occurred in Gaul, of an earlier city. The existence of a protohistoric oppidum Chaulène on the plateau, northwest of Alba, is in fact likely. The assumption of a lowland habitat can also be used as the excavations to the west of the "St. Peter" site have yielded the remains of stone tools dating from the late third millennium. At the location of two "domus" south-east of the "home field Lauzun" site, a habitat was found of La Tène III (first century BC.) The discovery of imported ceramics of "Campanian type A" which debris was also collected in "Saint-Pierre" such as collars, handles, and lips of wine amphorae from Italy and some Allobrogian currency issued in the third quarter of the 1st century AD revealed a long term relationship with the Romans before the invasion. Other hill forts are known in the territory of Helviens such as Jastres North. When Bituitos, the Chief of the Arverni people who were located beyond the Cevennes, was defeated in 121 BC by the Roman consul Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus, Alba was already the capital of the Helviens territory which corresponded approximately to the current department of the Ardeche. Their neighbours were Segusiavi: to the north-west the Vellaves Gabales and to the south Volques Arécomiques. Fabius Maximus managed to separate the Helviens the Allobroges and Arverni and draw them into alliance with Rome. They obtained the title of allies and friends of Rome and Julius Caesar observed, on his arrival in Gaul, that they were independent and had their own customs and administration. In 83 BC Cabur, the Chief of the helviens obtained Roman citizenship under the name of Gaius Valerius Caburus and…
Geography
Alba-la-Romaine is located some 5 km west of Montélimar, Drôme on a mountain ridge overlooking the Rhône river valley. The commune can be accessed on road N102 running west from Le Teil and through the northern part of the commune and continuing west to Saint-Jean-le-Centenier. Local road D253 enters the commune from Sceautres in the north and runs south crossing the N102 before continuing to the town of Alba-la-Romaine and then continuing south to Valvignères. Another departmental road, the D107, commences from the town and goes south to Saint-Thomé. There is an extensive network of small country roads throughout the commune. There are extensive areas of farmland in the commune especially following the ridge line from north to south as well as steep mountain slopes. An extensive network of streams throughout the commune run into L'Escoutay river which runs south out of the commune then east to join the Rhône near Viviers. The western border of the commune is formed by the Ruisseau de Julieu. Le Rounei and Le Ruisseau de Berg streams flow into Le Salauzon stream which is part of the southern border of the commune before eventually joining L'Escoutay river. There are a few villages and hamlets in the commune including: Les Baumes, Le Buis d'Aps, La Roche, Saint-Philippe, Le Pont. A metre-gauge railway line traverses the north of the commune but the nearest station is at Saint-Jean-le-Centenier. (in Latin albus meaning 'white') but pre-Celtic or Celtic. The current name of the village was formalized on 30 May 1986. Previously the village had been called only Alba.
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Nearby places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Saint-Jean-le-Centenier4 mi away · pop. 866
- Sceautres4.3 mi away · pop. 152
- Ancône6.6 mi away · pop. 1,359
- Viviers6.7 mi away · pop. 3,674
- Saint-Maurice-d'Ibie6.7 mi away · pop. 214
- Lussas7.3 mi away · pop. 1,148
- Darbres7.9 mi away · pop. 265
- Rochecolombe8.5 mi away · pop. 221
- Rochessauve8.8 mi away · pop. 472
- Saint-Vincent-de-Barrès9.2 mi away · pop. 830
- Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche10 mi away · pop. 353
- Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet10.6 mi away · pop. 1,250
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Official Identifiers
INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics
- INSEE code
- 07005
- Department
- 07
- Region
- 84
- Population (Wikidata)
- 1,533
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
- • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr