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Commune of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ardèche |
| Arrondissement | Largentière |
| Canton | Vallon-Pont-d'Arc |
| Mayor | Pierre Peschier (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 60 m–434 m (avg. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Rhône-Alpes ( Franco-Provençal: Rôno-Arpes; Occitan: Ròse Aups) is one of the 26 regions of France, located on the In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Ardèche ( Occitan and Arpitan: Ardecha) is a department in south-central France named after the Ardèche River. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The arrondissement of Largentière is an arrondissement of France located in the Ardèche département, in the Rhône-Alpes The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. 118 m) |
| Land area¹ | 28. 62 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
2,027 |
| - Density | 70/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 07330/ 07150 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE to identify various entities including communes Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E | |
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Vallon-Pont-d'Arc is a commune in the Ardèche département in southern France,. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. Ardèche ( Occitan and Arpitan: Ardecha) is a department in south-central France named after the Ardèche River. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
Sights
It features the Pont d'Arc, a limestone natural bridge carved out by the river Ardèche. The Pont d'Arc ( French pont = bridge is a great natural bridge, located in the Ardèche département in the south of Limestone is a Sedimentary rock composed largely of the Mineral Calcite ( Calcium carbonate: CaCO3 "Natural Bridges" redirects here for the US National Monument see Natural Bridges National Monument. The Ardèche ( Occitan: Ardecha) is a 125 km long River in south-central France, right tributary of the Rhône River.
The castle has become the town hall and houses some priceless Aubusson tapestries. Aubusson (in Occitan Lo Buçon or Le Buçon Le Beçon) is a commune in the Creuse department of the Tapestry is a form of Textile art. It is woven by hand on a vertical Loom.
Near this town, the Chauvet Cave, a network of caves, were discovered on January 18, 1995 that contained cave paintings and engravings that are estimated to be 30,000 to 32,000 years old. The Chauvet Cave or Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave is located at N 44° 21' and E 4° 29' 24" near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, in the Ardèche département in southern A cave is a natural underground void large enough for a human to enter Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Cave paintings are Paintings on Cave walls and ceilings and the term is used especially for those dating to Prehistoric times
Geography
Originally the 'Vallon-Pont-d'Arc would have been part of a large rocky area, where the Ardeche river flowed around as a meander, after hundreds and thousands years of erosion the river broke through causing an arc. A meander in general is a bend in a sinuous watercourse also known as an oxbow loop or simply an Oxbow. the river now flows through this arc, and has done for thousands of years.
References
Based on the article in the French Wikipedia.
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