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Antraigues-sur-Volane
Antraigues-sur-Volane (, literally ''Antraigues on Volane''; oc, Entraigas) is a former commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Antraiguains'' or ''Antraiguaines'' or alternatively as ''Antraiguais'' or ''Antraiguaises''. Geography Location ''Antraigues-sur-Volane'' is located 5 kilometres north of Vals-les-Bains and 14 km north of Aubenas. The village lies on the edge of the Ardèche Cévennes with the northern boundary ending at the Mézilhac Pass and the Vivarais Mountains. Access to the commune is on the D578 road from Val-les-Bains in the south to the village then continuing north through the heart of the commune to Laviolle in the north. There is also the D254 going west from the D578 just outside the village via a mountainous route to Labastide-sur-Besorgues in the west. Similar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antraigues-sur-Volane
Antraigues-sur-Volane (, literally ''Antraigues on Volane''; oc, Entraigas) is a former commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Antraiguains'' or ''Antraiguaines'' or alternatively as ''Antraiguais'' or ''Antraiguaises''. Geography Location ''Antraigues-sur-Volane'' is located 5 kilometres north of Vals-les-Bains and 14 km north of Aubenas. The village lies on the edge of the Ardèche Cévennes with the northern boundary ending at the Mézilhac Pass and the Vivarais Mountains. Access to the commune is on the D578 road from Val-les-Bains in the south to the village then continuing north through the heart of the commune to Laviolle in the north. There is also the D254 going west from the D578 just outside the village via a mountainous route to Labastide-sur-Besorgues in the west. Similar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volane
The Volane () is a French river, a tributary of the Ardèche and a sub-affluent of the Rhône. Geography It crops at the foot of the suc de l'Areilladou at in Mézilhac and at , nearly at the end of the téléski de l'Areilladou. It runs through (among others) the towns of Antraigues-sur-Volane and Vals-les-Bains. It joins the Ardèche north of Labégude, at just outside Vals-les-Bains at ''le pont de Vals'' (locality) at less than from the casino. Communes The river runs through eight communes: * faring downstream : Mézilhac, Laviolle, Antraigues-sur-Volane, Genestelle, Asperjoc, Saint-Andéol-de-Vals, Vals-les-Bains, Labégude (confluence). Tributaries The Volane has 21 official tributaries: * ''ruisseau de Larbonnet'' (L) 2 km * ''ruisseau des Hubertes'' (L) 1 km * ''ruisseau du Crouzet'' (R) 3 km * ''ruisseau de Pradas'' (L) 1 km * ''ruisseau de Rocheplate'' (R) 1 km * ''ruisseau de Fournier'' (L) 1 km * ''ruisseau de Varneyr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc
Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Antraigues-sur-Volane Antraigues-sur-Volane (, literally ''Antraigues on Volane''; oc, Entraigas) is a former commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Vallées ... and Asperjoc. 29 October 2018 See also * Communes of the Ardèche departmentReferences [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Alexandre De Launay
Emmanuel Henri Louis Alexandre de Launay, comte d'Antraigues (25 December 1753 Montpellier22 July 1812 Barnes, London) was a French pamphleteer, diplomat, spy and political adventurer during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Early life At the age of 14, d'Antraigues joined the army. Initially a member of the Garde du Corps (France), Garde du Corps at the Palace of Versailles, he eventually became a Captain (land and air), captain of the Royal Piedmont Cavalry Regiment. Increasingly, though, he became dissatisfied with army life as he became acquainted with several of the leading lights of the Age of Enlightenment. In 1770, he met Jean-Jacques Rousseau and struck up a relationship with him that lasted until Rousseau's death. Later, in 1776, he spent several months at Ferney with Voltaire. Imbued with the democratic ideals of these mentors, d'Antraigues happily resigned his military post in 1778. Soon afterward, he accompanied his uncle, François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
