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
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).
France

Saint-Maurice-en-Chalencon is a commune of the Ardèche département in southern France.

It was the birthplace of Eugène Delacroix (17981863), one of the most important of the French Romantic painters.