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Chomérac
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpesvillage
Chomérac
Total population
3,020
Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Chomérac is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.
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History
As a natural pathway from Rhône valley to the Massif Central mountains, Chomérac has been inhabited for a very long time. First settlements records are found in caves and date back from the Middle Paleolithic. There are also evidences for Roman settlements and artefacts in the village (tegulae, villa and Roman road). Chomérac was severely affected by the French Wars of Religion. In 1621, the village belonged to the catholic Duke of Ventadour. Besieged, it was occupied by the Protestant Monsieur de Blacons on 14 October 1621. Alternately besieged by both parties, the stronghold changed side six times, up until the siege of 1628, when the Catholics decisively took over the village from the Huguenots. This position was beneficial in 1629, during the siege of Privas led by the king Louis XIII and the Cardinal Richelieu.
Geography
Chomérac is located on the eastern foothills of the Massif Central, away from the Rhône, in a large valley incised in cretaceous marls by the Payre and Vérone rivers, south east of the Jurassic limestone plateau of Les Grads and north of the Miocene basaltic plateau Les Coirons.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).
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Official Identifiers
INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics
- INSEE code
- 07066
- Department
- 07
- Region
- 84
- Population (Wikidata)
- 3,183
geo.api.gouv.fr
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis)
- • 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