Barnas

History

Barnas appears as Barnas on the 1750 Cassini Map but does not appear at all on the 1790 version. The commune Barnas was created in 1913 from part of the commune of Thueyts.

Geography

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. 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.

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  511
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  467
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  450
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  427
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  404
• European Goldfinch

  Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  379
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  353
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  300

Most recent

• M 4.8 — 2019-11-11
  5 km WNW of Rochemaure, France
• M 4.3 — 2011-08-03
  4 km ESE of Barjac, France
• M 2.8 — 2008-11-25
  2 km N of Malataverne, France
• M 3 — 2008-11-04
  2 km NE of Chaudes-Aigues, France
• M 2.7 — 2008-08-18
  7 km W of Langeac, France
• M 2.7 — 2008-08-18
  7 km W of Langeac, France