ARDECHE
Population

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Population

Privas, capital of the Ardèche with less than 10,000 inhabitants _{Photo: Anotine CC 3.0 Unported no changes made}

With approximately 325,000 inhabitants (2015), the Ardèche is very sparsely populated. The population density is less than 55 inhabitants per square kilometer. For the rest, the region is characterized by the presence of many villages, a single larger community that fulfills a central function for the surrounding region, and many hamlets.

There is a slight depopulation of the Ardèche, around In 1900 about 370,000 people still lived in the Ardèche. In the Monts du Vivarais and Vivarais Cévenol, some areas are already completely uninhabited.

The ten largest towns and villages of the Ardèche

name	number of inhabitants	height
Annonay	approx. 16,700	359 m
Aubenas	approx. 12,250	251 m
Guilherand-Granges	approx. 10,800	112 m
Tournon-sur-Rhône	approx. 10,300	121 m
Privas	approx. 8,300	298 m
Le Teil	approx. 8,290	71 m
Bourg-Saint-Andéol	approx. 7,200	55 m
Saint-Péray	approx. 7,100	130 m
La Voulte-sur-Rhône	approx. 5,100	95 m
Viviers	approx. 3,700	73 m

Population diagram region Auvergne- Rhône-Alpes, including Ardèche _{Photo: Technob105 CC 4.0 International no changes made}

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Sources

Ardèche
Lannoo 

Ardèche
Touring/Lannoo

Ardèche, Drôme
Terra Lannoo

BBC - Country Profiles

CIA - World Factbook

Forst, Bettina
Cevennen, Ardèche

Graaf, Gjelt de / Auvergne, Ardèche
ANWB

Kalmbach, Gabriele
Ardèche

Talbot, Roseline
Natuurreisgids Ardèche en Auvergne

Wikipedia

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