Andance

Andance is located 5 km south of Saint-Rambert-d'Albon, 15 km east of Annonay, and 20 km north of Tournon-sur-Rhone. It can be accessed by the D86 road from Champagne in the north passing through the village then continuing south through the commune to Sarras. The D86B passes from the village over the Rhone to Andancette on the east bank. The D82 road also comes from Saint-Etienne-de-Valoux in the north-east to the village. There are also the small D370 road from Talencieux in the west to the village via a tortuous route and the D370B also from Talencieux to the south of the commune.

The commune has the Rhône as its entire eastern border with the Ruisseau de L'Ecoutay, the Ruisseau du Creux, the Ruisseau de Cueil, and numerous other streams flowing through the commune to the Rhone. The Conce river forms the southern border of the commune and also flows into the Rhone.[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Andance,+France/@45.231594,4.7972276,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x47f53e3246258603:0x1c7ecf3b417438f4 Google Maps]

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|Centre = Andance

|North = Champagne

|Northeast = Anneyron

|East = Andancette

|Southeast = Laveyron

|South = Sarras

|Southwest = Talencieux

|West = Saint-Cyr

|Northwest = Saint-Désirat

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File:Mairie Andance 2011-08-31-031.jpg

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List of Successive Mayors[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=3698 List of Mayors of France]

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The inhabitants of the commune are known as Andançois or Andançoises in French.[https://www.habitants.fr/ardeche-07 Le nom des habitants du 07 - Ardèche], habitants.fr

{{Historical populations

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|1968 |926

|1975 |1030

|1982 |920

|1990 |1009

|1999 |984

|2007 |1119

|2012 |1150

|2017 |1185

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The population of the commune is significantly younger than the departmental average.

Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Andance and Ardèche Department in 2017

Source: INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-07009 Évolution et structure de la population en 2017: Commune d'Andance (07009)][https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=DEP-07 Évolution et structure de la population en 2017: Département de l'Ardèche (07)]

• The Sarrazinière Roman Ruins (Antiquity){{Mérimée Icon}} at Châtelet are registered as an historical monumentMinistry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00116624|PA00116624 Sarrazinière Roman Ruins}} {{in lang|fr}}
• Andance bridge was built in 1827 with iron wires and a central pier. The Andance bridge is the oldest suspension bridge still used today in France. It was built by Marc Seguin the brilliant inventor from Annonay. Largely destroyed during the Second World War on 30 August 1944, it was rebuilt and reopened in 1946 then underwent further changes

• The Church of Our Lady of Andance (12th century){{Mérimée Icon}} is registered as an historical monumentMinistry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00116623|PA00116623 Church of Our Lady of Andance}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Calvary of Three Saints.

The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Painting: Saint Philomena Martyred (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM07001155|PM07001155 Painting: Saint Philomena Martyred}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Painting: Saint Romain (1835){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM07001154|PM07001154 Painting: Saint Romain}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Painting: Pope Pius IX remitting indulgences to the Andance Priest for the Saint-Barrel Chapel (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM07001153|PM07001153 Painting: Pope Pius IX remitting indulgences to the Andance Priest for the Saint-Barrel Chapel}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Painting: Crusaders bringing relics to the chapel (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM07001152|PM07001152 Painting: Crusaders bringing relics to the chapel}} {{in lang|fr}}
• An Altar Cross (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM07001151|PM07001151 Altar Cross}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Processional Cross (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM07001150|PM07001150 Processional Cross}} {{in lang|fr}}
• 2 Prints with frames: Stations of the Cross (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM07001149|PM07001149 2 Prints with frames: Stations of the Cross}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Reliquary (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM07001148|PM07001148 Reliquary}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Statue: Saint Barulas (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM07001147|PM07001147 Statue: Saint Barulas}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Statue: Black Madonna (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM07001146|PM07001146 Statue: Black Madonna}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Passion Cross: Cross of Bargemen{{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM07000458|PM07000458 Passion Cross: Cross of Bargemen}} {{in lang|fr}}

Andance is mentioned in the poem by Louis Aragon, The conscript of a hundred villages, written as an act of clandestine intellectual resistance in 1943 during the Second World War.Louis Aragon, Le Conscrit des cent villages, published initially in La Diane française, consulted in Pierre Seghers, The Resistance and its poets: France, 1940-1945, Paris, Seghers, 2004 (2nd edition), {{ISBN|2-232-12242-5}}, p. 373-375 {{in lang|fr}}

• Communes of the Ardèche department

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311045133/http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=12445 Andance on the National Geographic Institute website] {{in lang|fr}}
• [http://www.andance.fr/ Andance official website] {{in lang|fr}}
• [http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=4.8,45.2414&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Andance on Géoportail], National Geographic Institute (IGN) website {{in lang|fr}}
• [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=45.2414&lon=4.8&zoom=13 Andance on the 1750 Cassini Map]

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Category:Communes of Ardèche