Alba-la-Romaine
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Commune of Alba-la-Romaine | |
Location | |
Longitude | 04° 35' 56" East |
Latitude | 44° 33' 20" North |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Ardèche |
Arrondissement | Privas |
Canton | Canton de Viviers |
Mayor | Pierre Maurin (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Altitude | 135 m–554 m |
Land area¹ | 30.46 km² |
Population² (1999) |
1135 |
- Density () | 37/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 07005/ 07400 |
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Alba-la-Romaine is a commune in the French département of Ardèche.
It was founded in Roman times and bore the names Alba Helviorum and Alba Augusta. From the middle ages until 1904, it bore the name Aps, the family name of the local proprieters.