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Beauchastel
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpesvillage
Beauchastel
Total population
1,838
Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Beauchastel is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
History
The commune takes its name from the castle "Bel Castrum" built in the 12th century by the Lords of Retourtour and Briand. Since ravaged by the Wars of religion, all that remains is the fortified tower that dominates the village. In the 17th and 18th centuries Beauchastel was one of the Royal salt barns for the payment of the Gabelle of salt.
Geography
Beauchastel is located some 10 km south by south-west of Valence and 20 km north-east of Privas. Access to the commune is by the D86 road from Charmes-sur-Rhône in the north which passes through the commune and continues south to La Voulte-sur-Rhône. The D86E branches from the D86 at the northern communal border and goes to the town then continues south to rejoin the D86 at La Voulte-sur-Rhône. The D21 goes west from the town to Saint-Laurent-du-Pape. The east of the commune includes a portion of the Île Saint-Thimé in the Rhône river which is also the departmental border with Drôme. A railway line from Saint-Péray in the north to La Voulte-sur-Rhône in the south passes through the commune but there is no station in the commune. The commune consists of a large urban area along the banks of the Rhône with farmland south of the Eyrieux and forested hills for the rest. A branch of the Rhône forms the eastern border of the commune with the main branch flowing south through the commune and continuing to eventually joining the sea at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhone. The Eyrieux river flows through the commune from the west to join the Rhône just south of the commune. Numerous streams rise in the commune and flow south to feed the Eyrieux including the Ruiseeau de Thouac (which forms the western border of the commune), the Ruisseau d'Abrou, and the Ruisseau de Chauvert. The Ruisseau de Feuillas flows east through the north of the commune to join the Rhône. There is a dam on the main branch of the Rhône with an electricity generating station: the Centrale Electrique de Beauchastel. Beauchastel was often the victim of floods of the Eyrieux, until the construction of a damin the upper reaches of the river in 1860.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).
Air quality
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Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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- Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban7.2 mi away · pop. 1,440
- Cliousclat7.6 mi away · pop. 613
- Saint-Vincent-de-Durfort7.8 mi away · pop. 270
- Baix8 mi away · pop. 1,280
- Montmeyran8.7 mi away · pop. 2,960
- Saint-Symphorien-sous-Chomérac8.9 mi away · pop. 822
- Alboussière9 mi away · pop. 1,005
- Saint-Michel-de-Chabrillanoux9.7 mi away · pop. 405
- Champis9.9 mi away · pop. 637
- Châteauneuf-de-Vernoux10 mi away · pop. 269
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Gallery
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Official Identifiers
INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics
- INSEE code
- 07027
- Department
- 07
- Region
- 84
- Population (Wikidata)
- 1,800
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis)
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • 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