Saint-Maurice-en-Chalencon
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Commune of Saint-Maurice-en-Chalencon | |
Location | |
Longitude | 04° 35' 24" E |
Latitude | 44° 51' 35" N |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Ardèche |
Arrondissement | Tournon-sur-Rhône |
Canton | Vernoux-en-Vivarais |
Mayor | Mme Annie Louis (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Altitude | 219 m–727 m (avg. 550 m) |
Land area¹ | 7.81 km² |
Population² (1999) |
181 |
- Density (1999) | 23/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 07274/ 07190 |
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). | |
Saint-Maurice-en-Chalencon is a commune of the Ardèche département in southern France.
It was the birthplace of Eugène Delacroix (1798—1863), one of the most important of the French Romantic painters.