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Alba-la-Romaine
Alba-la-Romaine (French pronunciation: [alba la ʁɔmɛn]; Occitan: Aps) is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southern France.
Alba-la-Romaine is located some 5 km west of Montélimar, Drôme on a mountain ridge overlooking the Rhône river valley. The commune can be accessed on road N102 running west from Le Teil and through the northern part of the commune and continuing west to Saint-Jean-le-Centenier. Local road D253 enters the commune from Sceautres in the north and runs south crossing the N102 before continuing to the town of Alba-la-Romaine and then continuing south to Valvignères. Another departmental road, the D107, commences from the town and goes south to Saint-Thomé. There is an extensive network of small country roads throughout the commune.
There are extensive areas of farmland in the commune especially following the ridge line from north to south as well as steep mountain slopes. An extensive network of streams throughout the commune run into L'Escoutay river which runs south out of the commune then east to join the Rhône near Viviers. The western border of the commune is formed by the Ruisseau de Julieu. Le Rounei and Le Ruisseau de Berg streams flow into Le Salauzon stream which is part of the southern border of the commune before eventually joining L'Escoutay river.
There are a few villages and hamlets in the commune including: Les Baumes, Le Buis d'Aps, La Roche, Saint-Philippe, Le Pont.
A metre-gauge railway line traverses the north of the commune but the nearest station is at Saint-Jean-le-Centenier.
There are also the remains of a Roman city and a medieval village in the commune.
Alba-la-Romaine town was founded in Roman times and bore the name Alba Helviorum ("Alba of the Helvii," an ancient Celtic people). It was the capital of the Helvii and became the episcopal see during the 4th century. From the Middle Ages until 1904, it bore the name Aps, the family name of the local proprietors.
The origin of the name Alba is not Latin as may be thought (in Latin albus meaning 'white') but pre-Celtic or Celtic.
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Alba-la-Romaine
Alba-la-Romaine (French pronunciation: [alba la ʁɔmɛn]; Occitan: Aps) is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southern France.
Alba-la-Romaine is located some 5 km west of Montélimar, Drôme on a mountain ridge overlooking the Rhône river valley. The commune can be accessed on road N102 running west from Le Teil and through the northern part of the commune and continuing west to Saint-Jean-le-Centenier. Local road D253 enters the commune from Sceautres in the north and runs south crossing the N102 before continuing to the town of Alba-la-Romaine and then continuing south to Valvignères. Another departmental road, the D107, commences from the town and goes south to Saint-Thomé. There is an extensive network of small country roads throughout the commune.
There are extensive areas of farmland in the commune especially following the ridge line from north to south as well as steep mountain slopes. An extensive network of streams throughout the commune run into L'Escoutay river which runs south out of the commune then east to join the Rhône near Viviers. The western border of the commune is formed by the Ruisseau de Julieu. Le Rounei and Le Ruisseau de Berg streams flow into Le Salauzon stream which is part of the southern border of the commune before eventually joining L'Escoutay river.
There are a few villages and hamlets in the commune including: Les Baumes, Le Buis d'Aps, La Roche, Saint-Philippe, Le Pont.
A metre-gauge railway line traverses the north of the commune but the nearest station is at Saint-Jean-le-Centenier.
There are also the remains of a Roman city and a medieval village in the commune.
Alba-la-Romaine town was founded in Roman times and bore the name Alba Helviorum ("Alba of the Helvii," an ancient Celtic people). It was the capital of the Helvii and became the episcopal see during the 4th century. From the Middle Ages until 1904, it bore the name Aps, the family name of the local proprietors.
The origin of the name Alba is not Latin as may be thought (in Latin albus meaning 'white') but pre-Celtic or Celtic.