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Saint-Julien-Boutières

Coordinates: 44°58′30″N 4°21′10″E / 44.975°N 4.35277777778°E / 44.975; 4.35277777778
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Saint-Julien-Boutières
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Saint-Julien-Boutières is located in France
Saint-Julien-Boutières
Saint-Julien-Boutières
Saint-Julien-Boutières is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Julien-Boutières
Saint-Julien-Boutières
Coordinates: 44°58′30″N 4°21′10″E / 44.975°N 4.35277777778°E / 44.975; 4.35277777778
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentArdèche
ArrondissementTournon-sur-Rhône
CantonSaint-Martin-de-Valamas
Government
 • Mayor (2001-2008) Patrice Faure
Area
1
11.12 km2 (4.29 sq mi)
Population
 (1999)
215
 • Density19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
07252 /07310
Elevation574–1,083 m (1,883–3,553 ft)
(avg. 682 m or 2,238 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Julien-Boutières is a former commune in the Ardèche département in southern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Saint-Julien-d'Intres.[1]

Geography

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Saint-Julien-Boutières is in the Regional Natural Park of the Monts-d'Ardèche (French: Parc naturel régional des Monts d'Ardèche). This is known as the Country of Chestnut trees (French: Le Pays des Châtaigners).

In the Middle Ages, the commune was called Châteauneuf en Boutières. During the French Revolution, it was renamed Bout d'Erieu, then in 1793, Bout-d'Hesrieux.[2] In 1801, the village was named Saint-Julien-Boutières in memory of a Roman soldier who became a Christian.[3] He was martyred in Brioude in the Haute-Loire department. The commune of Intres was a hamlet of Saint-Julien-Boutières until 1911.

There are 11 hamlets which are part of the commune of Saint-Julien-Boutières:

  • Le Chambonnet-Haut
  • Le Chambonnet-Bas
  • Sauverzac
  • La Grandmaison
  • Signeronde
  • Fontcouverte
  • Le Monteillet
  • Tabuant
  • Signebernard
  • Rimande
  • La Grangette

References

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  1. Arrêté préfectoral Archived 2021-01-17 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  2. "Cassini". Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  3. "Origin of the name". Retrieved 24 July 2010.