Asperjoc (French pronunciation: [aspɛʁʒɔk]; Occitan: Asperjòc) 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.[2]

Asperjoc
The entry to Laulagnet
The entry to Laulagnet
Location of Asperjoc
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Asperjoc is located in France
Asperjoc
Asperjoc
Asperjoc is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Asperjoc
Asperjoc
Coordinates: 44°41′09″N 4°21′35″E / 44.6858°N 4.3597°E / 44.6858; 4.3597
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentArdèche
ArrondissementLargentière
CantonAubenas-1
CommuneVallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc
Area
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8.47 km2 (3.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
360
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
07600
Elevation278–879 m (912–2,884 ft)
(avg. 299 m or 981 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

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Asperjoc is located some 2 km north by north-west of Aubenas and 18 km west by south-west of Privas. Access to the commune is by the D 578 road from Antraigues-sur-Volane in the north which passes down the eastern border of the commune and continues south to Vals-les-Bains. The D 243 branches off the D 578 in the south of the commune and goes north-west through the commune and continues to Labastide-sur-Bésorgues. The commune has no village called Asperjoc but has several hamlets: les Beaumelles, la Brugeyre, le Chastelas, le Fau, Laulagnet, le Pont de Bridou, le Pont de l-Huile, la Praye, le Raccourci, le Rigaudel, Thieure, Tras Chabanne et la Valette inférieure. The commune is rugged and alpine in nature with little or no arable land.[3]

The Volane river forms the entire eastern border of the commune as it flows south to join the Ardèche south of Vals-les-Bains. The Besorgues flows from the north-west of the commune south-east forming part of the western border of the commune and gathering many tributaries in the commune before joining the Volane at the southern corner.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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[3]

Administration

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The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors[4]

From To Name
2001 2008 Louis Berthon
2008 2019 Alain Chiraussel

Demography

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The inhabitants of the commune are known as Asperjocois in French.[5]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 523—    
1800 532+0.24%
1806 540+0.25%
1821 555+0.18%
1831 671+1.92%
1836 684+0.38%
1841 666−0.53%
1846 681+0.45%
1851 807+3.45%
1856 1,078+5.96%
1861 1,104+0.48%
1866 1,060−0.81%
1872 739−5.83%
1876 789+1.65%
1881 836+1.16%
1886 858+0.52%
1891 866+0.19%
1896 856−0.23%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 833−0.54%
1906 806−0.66%
1911 790−0.40%
1921 679−1.50%
1926 668−0.33%
1931 635−1.01%
1936 616−0.61%
1946 538−1.34%
1954 505−0.79%
1962 453−1.35%
1968 405−1.85%
1975 407+0.07%
1982 364−1.58%
1990 370+0.20%
1999 361−0.27%
2007 336−0.89%
2012 418+4.46%
2021 360−1.65%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7][1]
 
A street in Asperjoc
 
A road in Asperjoc

Distribution of Age Groups

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The entry to Le Nogier
 
Asperjoc Landscape

The population of the town is relatively old. The ratio of persons above the age of 60 years (22.3%) is higher than the national average (21.6%) but lower than the departmental average (28.1%). As for national and departmental allocations, the male population of the town is less than the female population (48.8% against 48.4% nationally and 48.2% at the departmental level).

Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Asperjoc and Ardèche Department in 2010

Asperjoc Asperjoc Ardèche Ardèche
Age Range Men Women Men Women
0 to 14 Years 19.0 17.6 18.6 16.8
15 to 29 Years 13.8 15.7 15.3 13.9
30 to 44 Years 24.8 17.1 19.4 18.5
45 to 59 Years 20.5 21.9 21.5 20.6
60 to 74 Years 16.2 18.1 16.5 16.8
75 to 89 Years 5.7 9.0 8.1 11.9
90 Years+ 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.5

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Sites and monuments

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  • Church from the 19th century
  • La Chaise du Diable waterfall

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 29 October 2018 (in French)
  3. ^ a b c Google Maps
  4. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  5. ^ Le nom des habitants du 07 - Ardèche, habitants.fr
  6. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Asperjoc, EHESS (in French).
  7. ^ Populations légales 2012, INSEE
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