The department of Ardèche was created on 4 March 1790 with sevendistricts: Annonay, Aubenas, L'Argentière, Privas, Tournon, Vernoux and Villeneuve-de-Berg. Thecapital wasPrivas alternating with Annonay, Aubenas, Le Bourg(-Saint-Andéol) and Tournon. In August of that year, the number of districts was reduced to three: Mézenc, Aubenas and Tanargue. In September, Privas became the only capital of the department.[4]
In 1800, with the creation of thearrondissements in France, the three districts were changed into threearrondissements: Privas, L'Argentière and Tournon.[4]
On 18 March 1988, Tournon changed its name to Tournon-sur-Rhône.[4]
The following is a list of the 17 cantons of the Ardèche department (with theirINSEE codes), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:[9]
The inhabitants of Ardèche are known, inFrench, asArdéchois (women:Ardéchoises).[10]
Ardèche had a population, in 2014, of 322,381,[3] for a population density of58.3 inhabitants/km2. Thearrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône, with 135,786 inhabitants, is thearrondissement with more inhabitants.[7]
Evolution of the population in Allier
Thecommunes in the department with more than 7,000 inhabitants are:[7]
↑"Le Président". Ardèche, le Département. Archived fromthe original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved25 September 2017.
12"Département de l'Ardèche (07)".Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved25 September 2017.
