Roiffieux

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Roiffieux

Total population

2,704

Air quality index

22Good

Elevation240 m

Land area19.52 km²

Coordinates45.23°, 4.65°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Roiffieux is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Jacques-André Bertrand

French writer (1946–2022)

Jacques Teyssier

German LGBT rights activist (1955–2009)

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Augustin Monneron

French politician and banker (1756-1824)

Clément Grenier

French footballer (born 1991)

Auguste Bravais

French physicist (1811-1863)

Joseph Canteloube

French composer and musicologist (1879-1957)

Louis Monneron

French politician (1742-1805)

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Charles Fillingham Coxwell

French translator (1856–1940)

Christophe Edaleine

French road bicycle racer

Olivier Dussopt

French politician (born 1978)

Roger Dumas

French actor (1932–2016)

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Jacques Rouvière

French writer

Joseph-Michel Montgolfier

French inventor, older of the 18th-century Montgolfier brothers

Jules Aimé Battandier

French botanist (1848-1922)

Abou Lagraa

French choreographer

André Joseph Abrial

French politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

• Saint-Alban-d'Ay
  2.9 mi away · pop. 1,408
• Quintenas
  3 mi away · pop. 1,729
• Villevocance
  3.2 mi away · pop. 1,182
• Vanosc
  5.1 mi away · pop. 959
• Satillieu
  5.6 mi away · pop. 1,500
• Saint-Jeure-d'Ay
  6.1 mi away · pop. 499
• Le Monestier
  6.3 mi away · pop. 61
• Bourg-Argental
  6.6 mi away · pop. 2,949
• Brossainc
  7.2 mi away · pop. 252
• Beausemblant
  8.6 mi away · pop. 1,435
• Charnas
  8.7 mi away · pop. 907
• Lalouvesc
  9.4 mi away · pop. 377

Browse all places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Beardfooted spider

Saitis barbipes

Seen 2026-06-08

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Seen 2026-06-05

Brown Argus

Aricia agestis

Seen 2026-06-01

Chequered Blue

Scolitantides orion

Seen 2026-06-01

Sooty Copper

Lycaena tityrus

Seen 2026-06-01

Perennial Yellow-woundwort

Stachys recta

Seen 2026-06-01

Small Pincertail

Onychogomphus forcipatus

Seen 2026-06-01

Rock Soapwort

Saponaria ocymoides

Seen 2026-06-01

woodland germander

Teucrium scorodonia

Seen 2026-06-01

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Roiffieux, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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