Alba-la-Romaine

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Commune of Alba-la-Romaine
Location
Longitude 04° 35' 56" East
Latitude 44° 33' 20" North
Administration
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).
France

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.